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In article <eagle.822136152@agora.rdrop.com> eagle@agora.rdrop.com writes:

>Recycling is a good and necessary thing...

It is good *if* done properly.  One of my pet peeves is people who
virtuously recycle without thinking of the environmental cost of how
they do it.  Our garbage company told everybody to remove labels and
clean cans, milk jugs etc.  To my family that meant using hot water
to soak the labels and clean the container.  I suspect that what we
gained in recycled plastic and metal we lost in energy expenditure.
I think they finally almost understand the need to avoid such wasted
energy.  However there are probably a lot of people out there still
sending hot water down the drain every time they recycle a can or
milk jug.

Like most good ideas, recycling can help but it can also be misused.
Unthinking actions are unthinking actions regardless of how virtuous
they make us feel.