According to this El Paso Times story, recycling is coming to our fair city. Oh boy. God knows we don't have enough politically correct nonsense being shoved down our throats. Yet. But efforts are being made to bring us more.
We're going to get these big blue containers delivered to our homes, as a way of celebrating Earth Day. I'm not making this up. And, according to the story, I'll have to call the city to have the damn thing removed from my property if I elect not to participate in the recycling program. See, participation in the program isn't going to be mandatory, according to Ellen Smyth, our "Environmental Services Director."
Hmm...wonder where they got the scratch to buy these bins, and to distribute them? How about funding for operating the program? Seems to me I'm already "participating," and it sure as hell wasn't my idea. So Ms Smyth and I have to agree to disagree, I guess, on the meaning of "mandatory."
Also, according to the story, the program is expected to bring in $ 2 million in revenue to the city. If that is the case, I suspect it won't be long before participation in the program is mandatory.
This episode from Penn and Teller's Bullshit (hat tip: Radley Balko) is about the "evil, wasteful superstition (their term, with which I quite agree)" of recycling.
Posted by Craig Ceely at November 26, 2006 03:28 PM