John W. wrote:
> Paul Blay wrote:
> 
>>"John W." wrote ...
>>
>>>Some cities here in the US use either convicts or the mentally
>>>handicapped to sort recycling, eliminating the need for folks to
>>>separate things out. Probably someone realized that a convict or
>>>mentally handicapped person is better capable of this task than the
>>>average consumer....
>>
>>I think you're being a /little/ too hard on the average US citizen
> 
> there ...
> 
> Well, I'm not sure what your recycling program is where you live, but
> here in Nashville there are the great big dumpster-things that require
> folks to separate their paper, plastics (colored and not colored),
> glass (brown, green, and clear), cans, etc. There are plenty of signs
> saying this, and signs that say no caps and no plastic bags. And there
> are always caps and plastic bags in the bins -- a lot of both -- and
> clear plastics in with the not clear or even in with the glass, which
> seems to be impossible for folks to figure out.
> 
> So the average citizen, at least in my experience, doesn't seem capable
> of sorting their own recycling.

Maybe they think recycling is bullshit.

I didn't know you were in Nashville there. If you see my sister, tell 
her to stop being so cheap and to get basic cable already.

-- 
Kevin
"This is the best election night in history."--Democratic National 
Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Nov. 2, 2004, just before 8 p.m. EST