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		dreamlayers on Feb 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it time to rethink recycling? Why is recycling almost a religious issue for some people? How has reduce, reuse, recycle been turned into just recycle? Some people even talk about reuse and incorrectly call it recycling. It seems as if many people have been brainwashed via propaganda about recycling. How did that happen?

specialist on Feb 13, 2016 [–]

Speaking for myself: Waste is immoral.

I blame my Presbyterian upbringing, W. Edwards Deming, my 4th grade teacher, and Peter Drucker for the washing of my brain.

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