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> [“Placing a box or a can or a bottle in a recycling bin doesn’t mean you’ve recycled anything, and it doesn’t make you a better, greener person: it just means you’ve outsourced your problem. Sometimes that outsourcing is near home;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-minter/placing-a-box-or-a-can-or-a-bottle-in-a-recycling-bin-doesn-t-mean/)

Adam Minter

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> [“Recycling is better--I won't write "good"--for the environment. But without economics--without supply and demand of raw materials--recycling is nothing more than a meaningless exercise in glorifying garbage. No doubt it's better than throwing something into an incinerator, and worse than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-minter/recycling-is-better-i-won-t-write-good-for-the-environment-but/)

Adam Minter

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## More by Adam Minter

> [“Placing a box or a can or a bottle in a recycling bin doesn’t mean you’ve recycled anything, and it doesn’t make you a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-minter/placing-a-box-or-a-can-or-a-bottle-in-a-recycling-bin-doesn-t-mean/)

Adam Minter

> [“Placing a box or a can or a bottle in a recycling bin doesn’t mean you’ve recycled anything, and it doesn’t make you a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-minter/placing-a-box-or-a-can-or-a-bottle-in-a-recycling-bin-doesn-t-mean-2/)

Adam Minter

> [“Recycling is better--I won't write "good"--for the environment. But without economics--without supply and demand of raw materials--recycling is nothing more than a meaningless exercise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-minter/recycling-is-better-i-won-t-write-good-for-the-environment-but/)

Adam Minter

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