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Why is Recycling Bad? Here are 6 Reasons

Why is Recycling Bad? Here are 6 Reasons

We pat ourselves on the back for recycling, but we shouldn't. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: 6 reasons why recycling isn't as fabulous as the recycling and fossil fuel industries want us to believe.


Why is Recycling Bad? Here are 6 Reasons

Americans are crazy about recycling. We separate our trash in airports. In office buildings. Inside schools. We assume our garbage is properly disposed of; we expect that our plastics, papers, and aluminum actually get recycled.

But the reality is we shouldn’t be thrilled about recycling; we shouldn’t assume the good men and women in waste management follow best environmental practices, either.

Think landfills are benign? Think again. On today’s episode I uncover the current state of waste management in the United States (Spoiler Alert: It isn’t pretty).

Next I outline 6 reasons why, exactly, recycling isn’t as fabulous as we want it to be; I offer ideas as to how ordinary citizens can be part of the solution (instead of major players in the problem!), too.

Happy listening!

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* Are you disposing of your waste wrong? Check out episode #034 to find out.

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We have become over-reliant on the very thing that's destroying our planet. On today's show: Imagining the ways in which modern life, interpersonal connections, well-being and more would change in a hypothetical, fossil fuel-free world.

 

Here's a preview:

[6:00] We are so reliant on electricity that we are incapacitated without it. This is a problem!

[11:00] In the event of a 2-weeks plus outage, modernity would look a lot different

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