An article in a recent Resource Recycling newsletter touched on something I’m sure more than a few of us have wondered… especially those of us who grew up in a rural community. The article was titled, “How do urban and rural recycling streams compare?”
My dad, growing up on a farm during the ‘Great Depression,’ never became a member of the later ‘Throw Away’ society. That may be part of the reason I grew up believing in recycling: ‘Waste not: Want Not.’ And thus, now try to do what I can in helping others save for future generations by putting together these weekly recycling articles.
The newsletter comparison article started by mentioning “A research project in Ontario compared single-family and multi-family streams in medium-sized urban cities with single-family streams in rural programs.” Officials there hired a research firm to conduct the study.
