3 Reasons why people don't Recycle

EDMONTON, AB, CANADA, September 23, 2010

No thinking person can see the footage of our massive city dumps & not say to themselves: we can do better.

No doubt, any person who works for a city, or who works at a dump, is astonished every day at what people throw out. And cities go out of their way to make sure recycling is easy. Yet still tonnes of perfectly good material are thrown out every day.

Recycling and Upcycling expert Linda Bodo had this to say in a recent interview:

"It is SO easy to minimise our trash, yet so few do. Why? Well, a bunch of reasons. Number One- Except during garbage strikes, it's so easy not to care what happens to our waste- we live in a throwaway society. Number Two- cities make little to nothing from their recycling programs, so they don't push hard enough. And Number Three- costs are so little for manufacturers that they have very little incentive to recycle. Glass is so cheap that you can't re-sell it. Recycling takes time & money. And the worst aspect is- we're spoiled. Prices are so low that it's easy to buy new, instead of doing things on your own. Who is going to make their own soap when your local drugstore will sell you 5 bars for $1.49 + tax?"

But the success of Bodo's latest book The Art of Upcycling shows that growing numbers of the public are starting to care, & make a difference.

"People are starting to realise how easy green can be. We started to see this during the recession; people found out, fast, that you can save big money by recycling, upcycling, or doing things on your own. Visits to my website tripled, and then quadrupled. Really, green is the easy way. It just makes sense. Our ancestors recycled. Why can't we?

And it doesn't have to be some pie-in-the-sky project. Whole families can get involved--kids especially like to make sure nothing makes it into the trash that shouldn't. Just about everything we buy can be recycled."

For details about Linda and her latest projects visit http://www.absolutebodo.com

To book an interview contact
Rachel Sentes-Publicist
rachel@gal-fridaypublicity.com/780-270-1211

I am a publicist, freelance writer, and fiction literary agent. I provide free publicity to non-profit and rescue associations. I am partnered with Brian Wood a non-fiction literary agent in Vancouver.