At my elementary school
we have 6 different trash cans
to toss away food into
one for hard plastics, another for soft plastics, a compost bin, and 3 more for stuff I can’t remember
—
my dad says “it’s a sign of the times”
green is in
recycling is in
reduce reuse recycle
when my science teacher can’t understand questions kids ask her
she always says back
“reduce reuse recycle”
and I have to admit, it’s pretty flipping funny
—
“Earth finally went and got itself a PR flack,”
says my dad
“well good for the earth
when I was a kid,
recycling was an optional activity
you were like oh I could spend 5 minutes sorting out these bottles and plastics
or I could just save the energy and brain power
it would require
and go set off a stink bomb or toss screwdrivers at the grass in front of your house
now everybody’s under the impression that recycling is more important than developing your hand eye coordination, I guess.”
—
At lunchtime they force this poor lady to sort out garbage tossed into the wrong bins
and I’m not even sure she knows what she’s doing
like the other day
she told me
that the paper napkins should be tossed into the compost bin?
Thats just sounds wrong to me
but whatever
she has a shirt that says “Green Patrol”
so she’s clearly an authority
she’s a nice lady though
probably not gonna shake her hand anytime soon though
—
so in conclusion
recycling: it’s annoying
but if you like being a human
and dislike dying of toxic gasses
and strange hues in your water
then
it’s probably worth the effort.
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