Xref: utzoo misc.consumers:26768 alt.activism:9848 talk.environment:2168 comp.org.eff.talk:1402 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!noao!amethyst!organpipe!ajax.lpl.arizona.edu!dione From: dione@ajax.lpl.arizona.edu (Matt Cheselka) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.activism,talk.environment,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: "advertising is not evil" Message-ID: <993@organpipe.UUCP> Date: 7 Feb 91 15:47:50 GMT References: <1991Feb04.032243.23362@chinet.chi.il.us> <23111@ttidca.TTI.COM> <5135@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Sender: news@organpipe.UUCP Followup-To: misc.consumers Distribution: na Organization: Lunar and Planetary Lab, U of AZ Lines: 18 In article <5135@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> henry@GARP.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch) writes: >hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) writes: >|> The recyclers don't come to my door, either. When my containers of sorted >|> trash get full I haul them to the nearest recycling center myself. > >oh. you must have a car to do this with. > >not everyone does ... > Yes, but SOMEONE you know must have one! Recycling should be a community effort! Talk to lawmakers in your city! Write to the Waste Management council in your area! Write to that place in Boulder, CO (consumer information) to find out how you can set up community efforts to recycle. You said before that you feel really bad tossing all this stuff away. My answer to you is to start doing good by doing SOMETHING. It only takes one domino to get things going. Matt Cheselka