Seriously? So I work at Sojourner House, a homeless family shelter and I manage an affordable rental unit as part of my job. Boston just recently passed a law that all buildings that have more than 7 units have to provide recycling for the residents. The building that I manage, never got the recycling program because of the change in the job this summer. So my boss calls the city to find out what we have to do. We have to meet with a recycling official to look at the building and decide what kind of bins to get. We meet with the recycling guy today. Now I have been recycling my whole life, or at least as long as I can remember, so I know how to separate and that you have to clean out the containers. He goes on this whole speech about how to recycle and that you have to clearly mark the cans that are for recycling.....well duh! Then he goes on this rant about how even poor people should recycle. You might have to teach them, because they don't usually know how......are you kidding me? Because they make less money they are stupid and don't know how to recycle? Please......I bet they recycle better than you because it's part of the lifestyle that they live.
It upsets me to see that there are so many prejudices that people hold, and usually they are over simple things like recycling. I think with global warming and the environment that everyone knows the importance of recycling. Especially in a democratic state like Massachusetts. I just don't understand....well he will see when he notices that the people living in the rentals will take on recycling when it is available to them!
The book this time is:
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards)
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