recycling

So Why Does the Albany Pine Bush Commission Choose Not Recycle?

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The Albany Pine Bush Preserve as seen from the Frontage Road on Washington Avenue …

Rapp Road Landfill

And view from the Overlook Dune…

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And the Albany Pine Bush Preserve from the Alfred E Smith Building Observation Deck …

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Walking in the preserve, I noticed the Albany Pine Bush Commission’s dumper, very full, and very full of recycables.

Free Primitive and Roadside Campsites in the Adirondacks

Exploring the dumpster, I found it full of junk mail, office paper, and plenty of other recycables …

2020 NY Population by (MTA) Region

The more you dug around there, the more aluminum cans and office paper you found in the dumpster.

Recycables in Albany Pine Bush Dumper

And even more recycable trash …

More Bottles and Cans in the Dumpster

… so if the Albany Pine Bush Commission is such a green organization, then why don’t they recycle paper, tin cans, magazines, junkmail, and so many other recycables ?

Plowing Day's Trash

..here’s Some Tip “Green” Sheets for the Albany Pine Bush Commission, brought to you by the New York State Power Authority Recycling Exhibit.

Recycle Plastic

Recycle Cans

Recycle Glass

We Recycle

Why Do I Recycle?

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I’ve always recycled. I always try to save materials for recycling and avoid tossing things in the trash. It really bothers me to throw things away, yet somehow it’s more okay to toss things in the recycling bin to be hauled off somewhere and hopefully turned into something new.

So why do I recycle? I recycle as it’s a way to absolve some of my guilt for all the materials I consume everyday. I suspect that is the reason that most people recycle. We produce massive amounts of waste each day, and while it’s largely out of sight, it still bothers us. We feel we must do something more proper with our waste.

Recycling slows the process of extraction of resources to the dumping of resources for a brief period time. It certainly has slowed the increase in our trash dumping, but it seems that even our best intentions can’t slow our consumption of material. Recycling cuts down on waste and makes me feel good.