[speaker001:] well what uh what kind of recycling have you got in your community
[speaker002:] well in our community we recycle everything
[speaker001:] really
[speaker002:] oh yeah we recycle plastic we recycle aluminum we recycle paper we recycle everything
[speaker001:] well now do you participate in all of that
[speaker002:] well my wife does I'm not real high on it myself how about
[speaker001:] well I think I think that's great that she does that I I'll applaud that um
[speaker002:] do you do that
[speaker001:] no and I I as a matter of fact I kind of cringed a little bit whenever I heard the topic because I think it's admirable and I think it's something that eventually we're we're all going to have to do it uh I don't but I know the
[speaker002:] do you realize Glen that the latest Forbes magazine pointed out that it actually costs more to recycle than it does not to recycle
[speaker001:] uh in costs more in what way
[speaker002:] well newspapers for example for recycling papers to get rid of the ink it costs about thirty two percent more to recycle paper than it does to have new paper
[speaker001:] well that's interesting and I've you know I wouldn't I I mean I hadn't heard that Bob and that's that's a little surprising but you know I think about the amount of of newspaper that I throw away in a week
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and you know you multiply that with all the people uh I'm in Houston that are that are tossing out newspapers and it I remember I I was in New York several years ago and I took the wrong turn and I went over into uh State Island where the uh uh landfill is for New York City
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] and of course that's not where I wanted to be so I turned around and beat it by hasty retreat but you know just the the amount of garbage that we generate uh is is staggering and I just I don't know how much longer we can continue to just dump everything
[speaker002:] well it's uh it's a problem that uh is probably at the moment over emphasized because there is apparently more landfill available than it's a matter of economics and economically right now uh it's more of a scare tactic it appears that we are running out of things and the facts
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] in some cases are particularly paper which trees obviously by being a renewable resource and being a crop no more different than corn in effect
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] it's a situation that of economics where it's less expensive to have new newspaper than using and recycling old paper
[speaker001:] yeah and I can I can understand that I think I think about uh you know and they say that now uh a lot of the new cars for instance I read an article not long ago about this uh uh new Honda that they had come out that they're identifying on the car those uh particular different parts uh uh that are plastic so that that whenever the car is worn out and dismantled uh they can recycle the the plastic components
[speaker002:] right those are uh plastic is very recyclable and uh it should be uh that's something that just won't go away when you dispose of it and uh
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] plastics and and your metals are very worthwhile being recycles it's uh
[speaker001:] it's just a matter right now of who's going to take the time uh to do it and I I mean it's something that I personally feel is it it's worthwhile I just uh I haven't gotten into it and uh I I think I'm probably like a lot of people in that uh until it gets to the point that it's kind of mandated uh I don't think I'm I'm going to do it unfortunately I know
[speaker002:] what what city do you live in
[speaker001:] in Houston
[speaker002:] well in I live in Plano and uh they have a very big recycling program where uh for your grass clippings for example if you don't put them in a paper sack they won't pick them up they have special pick up days for for uh leaves and debris uh you know clippings type thing and if you put it in a plastic one they won't pick it up yeah
[speaker001:] really I saw an article I mean a a program on a TBS not too long ago that uh they were talking about uh recycling and they uh were showing uh in a city I think it was Portland Oregon if I remember it was either but it it was either in Washington or Oregon and of course you know those people up there are very uh uh environmentally conscious and they were uh talking about the the recycling effort up there and how they've got uh uh all these different bins and containers and
[speaker002:] that's what they're coming out with here matter of fact
[speaker001:] really yeah
[speaker002:] I haven't received ours yet but uh that's the plan in Plano also they uh bring out these humpty bins and you're supposed to fill it up with
[speaker001:] I know and you know and I'll tell you when you you know and I've been accustomed all my life to throwing everything in one bag and then uh dumping it in the dumpster it's going to be a rude awakening to have to uh start sorting everything
[speaker002:] well I I frankly