From an Onion article shared by a reader yesterday (hilarious and sadly true as all things
are):
WASHINGTON — Wishing to dispose of the empty plastic container, and failing to spot a recycling bin nearby, an estimated 30 million Americans asked themselves Monday how bad throwing away a single bottle of water could really be.
"It's fine, it's fine," thought Maine native Sheila Hodge, echoing the exact sentiments of Chicago-area resident Phillip Ragowski, recent Florida transplant Margaret Lowery, and Kansas City business owner Brian McMillan, as they tossed the polyethylene terephthalate object into an awaiting trash can. "It's just one bottle. And I'm usually pretty good about this sort of thing."
"Not a big deal," continued roughly one-tenth of the nation's population
.
We all do this from time to time, or all of the time. The reality is that unless wide spread
changes occur, my one bottle in the correct bin won’t mean a thing. I know that, but
what keeps me going is shame. The shame I would feel telling people the environment
was important to preserve and proceeding to do nothing about it. Shame is a great
motivator.
-Tim
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