I've always believed that when it comes to environmental concerns, most Americans genuinely want to protect the planet, until it inconveniences them in the slightest, and then they honestly couldn't care less. Nothing confirms this more than public compost bins. I will never tire of watching someone approach the trash, compost, and recycling bins with their empty food container, scan all the little diagrams on each bin detailing what can and cannot be put inside them, realize deciphering these diagrams often takes a magnifying glass and a PhD, and dejectedly throw everything in the trash while nobody is looking. And I am by no means a stranger to this.
I was walking out of a bathroom a few weeks ago, and the bathroom had a trash bin, a recycling bin, and a composting bin all at the exit. When I went to dispose of my used paper towel, I was amused to find all three bins were evenly filled with used paper towels. There should be one correct answer to this question, but everyone was taking a complete shot in the dark.
Perhaps this is a cry for help. If you fully understand what can or can't be recycled or composted, please help a friend out and enlighten me.
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