My classmate Intishar recently wrote and interesting post about how he felt that recycling was over-hyped and that we should focus more on reusing. While everyone can agree that reusing is a very important step, I have absolutely no problem with the media’s emphasis on recycling instead. Recycling mainly focuses on things that cannot be reused, especially plastic bottles. Plastic bottles if reused can cause serious health threats, which are easily avoided if you recycle them instead. The other issue I felt his blog post had was his suggested alternatives for recycling. The “3 R’s”, reduce, reuse, and recycle, i all about doing all three. Overall recycling should be stressed because it is the last step of this conservation strategy. First you reduce your waste, then you reuse what you can, and finally recycle the rest. Seems fine to me.

Regards,

Keanan