Recycling consumer delusions / Eurogroup

Recycling consumer delusions

I have also visited friends or been in other people's houses where their pantries and refrigerators were full of the most toxic products you can imagine Eurogroup recycling  Their house smelled of fragrance, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, perfumes, colognes and shampoos. I could just sense the toxicity of their environment, and yet they were avid recyclers.They dutifully sorted the containers of all their toxic products into different recycling bins without even a hint of awareness about their level of self-delusion. As I saw this, I thought to myself, "You people are insane; you're not saving the planet. You're only saving yourself from guilt." What they were really recycling, it turns out, is the same delusion shared by most consumers: that it's okay to dump anything you want into the environment as long as you recycle the box it came in.

But recycling is not some game where the more you recycle, the more you are saving the planet. In reality, the less packaging you buy in the first place, the more you're helping protect the environment Eurogroup recycling. You shouldn't be buying products in overstuffed packages, wasteful food containers and plastic snack bags. You could be buying from local co-ops. Get your whole grains by the pound. You could buy raw fruits and vegetables that don't require fancy packaging. For soaps, you could be buying Dr. Bronner's soaps, which come in economy-sized bottles. Those are the types of products you buy when you genuinely care about the planet.