Comments on: Against Recycling Plastic Bottles http://mymindsink.com/against-recycling-plastic-bottles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=against-recycling-plastic-bottles an autobiography, in installments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Against Recycling Plastic Bottles | Portable Greenhouse http://mymindsink.com/against-recycling-plastic-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Against Recycling Plastic Bottles | Portable Greenhouse Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:15:40 +0000 http://mymindsink.com/?p=1212#comment-1014 [...] Against Recycling Plastic Bottles Posted by root 5 minutes ago (http://mymindsink.com) Apr 16 2009 greenhouse gases coral reefs rain forests biological diversity post a comment name required powered by wordpress and darkblack Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Against Recycling Plastic Bottles [...] [...] Against Recycling Plastic Bottles Posted by root 5 minutes ago (http://mymindsink.com) Apr 16 2009 greenhouse gases coral reefs rain forests biological diversity post a comment name required powered by wordpress and darkblack Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Against Recycling Plastic Bottles [...]

]]> By: Kill Bottled Water http://mymindsink.com/against-recycling-plastic-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Kill Bottled Water Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:32:09 +0000 http://mymindsink.com/?p=1212#comment-879 [...] is a rework of Against Recycling Plastic Bottles. I wrote it as a speech for a Toastmasters event I competed in May 24th. I was not happy with how I [...] [...] is a rework of Against Recycling Plastic Bottles. I wrote it as a speech for a Toastmasters event I competed in May 24th. I was not happy with how I [...]

]]> By: » Against Recycling Plastic Bottles http://mymindsink.com/against-recycling-plastic-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-869 » Against Recycling Plastic Bottles Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:44:01 +0000 http://mymindsink.com/?p=1212#comment-869 [...] Read the original post: Against Recycling Plastic Bottles [...] [...] Read the original post: Against Recycling Plastic Bottles [...]

]]> By: Dirk Britton http://mymindsink.com/against-recycling-plastic-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Dirk Britton Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:09:37 +0000 http://mymindsink.com/?p=1212#comment-868 Researching for the above article I had to dig through a bunch of information to confirm that all PET (plastic) bottles are brand new. This is the key part of the equation, and everyone else is worrying about what percentage of the bottles we recycle. Who gives a shit is my question. If you are burning bundles of money to keep warm, the efficiency of the stove you do it in is not the point. I don't think you should stop recycling, but it is not the solution for everything. We treat a recycling blue bin as if it's a gluttony confessional. Material enters and wipes out all previous sins. This article is a rewrite of <a href="http://mymindsink.com/an_argument_against_recycling/" rel="nofollow">An Argument Against Recycling</a> that I did for an upcoming speech competition I entered, but I think I'm rewriting it again. This one ended up being an ineffectual mix of my disdain for recycling as a fix-all, and the pointless nature of bottled water. I am going to focus my annoyance on one issue and see if that makes a better speech. I am calling it Kill Bottled Water. Researching for the above article I had to dig through a bunch of information to confirm that all PET (plastic) bottles are brand new. This is the key part of the equation, and everyone else is worrying about what percentage of the bottles we recycle.

Who gives a shit is my question. If you are burning bundles of money to keep warm, the efficiency of the stove you do it in is not the point.

I don’t think you should stop recycling, but it is not the solution for everything. We treat a recycling blue bin as if it’s a gluttony confessional. Material enters and wipes out all previous sins.

This article is a rewrite of An Argument Against Recycling that I did for an upcoming speech competition I entered, but I think I’m rewriting it again. This one ended up being an ineffectual mix of my disdain for recycling as a fix-all, and the pointless nature of bottled water. I am going to focus my annoyance on one issue and see if that makes a better speech. I am calling it Kill Bottled Water.

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