A By-the-Numbers Look at Paper Recycling: Does One Person’s Effort Do Any Good?
How much good comes from one person’s hypervigilant paper recycling effort?
I’ve been asking myself variations of this question lately, mainly while at my day job as I see basically all colleagues around me tossing paper into the trash, rather than the recycle bin.
I know it’s tough to look in the mirror and think that you, just one individual on a planet of billions, can do much that makes a difference. So I’ve been pondering what the value is — or is not — to my vigilance in recycling.
Can I make a difference? Is my effort worth anything to the planet, especially in the face of so many non-believers who assume apathy is the only medicine?
I’ve looked for the numbers to apply some math-based logic to these questions.
