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Why do you assume that this is anything other than an ambitious goal? Recycling/composting in and around SF is a very prevalent cultural phenomenon with a lot o

• snogglethorpe 14y ago
  > Recycling/composting in and around SF is a very prevalent cultural phenomenon with a lot of momentum. No doubt, but how does does the recycling compare to their crazily wasteful suburban sprawl profligate consumption lifestyle? Are they attempting to change the latter as well? Recycling, composting, etc, are often good things, but can in some cases also be harmful, when they become a justification: "It's OK that I live like this, because I recycle!" Recycling is usually a very imperfect process, and is often vastly inferior to re-use, or even better, simply not using in the first place...