I was thinking about recylcing whilst taking a shower the other day, why, because I was watching the byproduct of my shampoo vanishing conveniently down the drain.
I thought to myself, is there any other animal that recycles? Now I’m not a biologist or animal behaviourist but off the top of my head I couldn’t think of one. That I surmised is because they don’t generate non-degradeable waste that is hazardous to their environment like us clever monkeys. Whatever ‘waste’ aka crap they produce is automatically part of the complete cycle.
So why on earth do we think recycling is so clever, besides the fact that we invented it and love to pat ourselves on the back. Well, I’d suggest that it makes us feel like we are doing something. Not something to remedy the actual situation/cause but doing something as in treating the symptoms.
In other words it is a great way to deceive ourselves and others that all is well.
Recycling is not ‘the answer’ it means we have a problem …
Recycling is a symptom and not a cause.