Recycling is a sham

It was a somewhat pleasant day today, so I decided to build muscle on my busted leg and take a walk around the neighborhood.  I was drinking a glass of 'Yoo-Hoo' (which is a feat upon itself because i cant find Yoo-Hoo anywhere anymore) and threw it away in a trash can instead of the bright blue recycling bin next to it.  A little girl, had to have been like in 7th grade or so, came up to me and said that I should recycle the bottle for the planet and its good in that smug johnny do good voice as well.  I then responded to girl, 'Well, someone should tell you that recycling is a sham...and the Santa doesn't exist (that was for bothering me).'  Well, I didn't say that, not even I can tell a girl that recycling is a sham.   

Actually, that never took place.  The girl never bothered me, in fact, she wasn't even real.  I wanted to give the girl balloons but thought even you would have picked up on that pile of bullshit.  But, I did take that walk around town.  I was just looking for a good excuse/segway to use this New York Times article about how recycling is a sham and it actually costs more.  Now, this article is 4 years old, but I can't imagine how recycling technology (or the lack of using it which is why its so expensive) would have changed much.

This is a double victory for me.  Not only do I get to see the look the face of the hippies whose spirit's I just crush, I am also not contributing to government waste.  Double Fuck Yeah!

Look, I am not against recycling or being 'green.'  In fact, I did install those cool water saving devices for the shower and toilet, and even sprung for those fancy little curly light bulbs that are supposed to last for 7 years.  But, if the fucktards at Greenpeace expect me to live in a straw-barrel house off the grid and not eat genetically engineered food (another post), they have another thing coming.  

Also, if the government was into this recycling thing, they wouldn't charge me money to replace my blue recycling bin that was stolen by kids (actually it was probably blown away by the wind, but I am still blaming the youth).