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Recycling... why not more?
I'm curious and looking for more certain answers (though opinions are, as always, more than welcome).
I was sitting in my local Barnes and Noble the other day drinking a Tazo tea from their cafe. I got up to throw it away and it dawned on me that they don't recycle. Not their glass bottles (like mine), or their recyclable plastic cups and lids (they are 1s or 2s, so they are recyclable almost anywhere in the US). Nothing! Starbucks, where combatmedicjen works, is the same way, with basically the same products.
Is it that cost-ineffective? Are there certain business politics involved? Does it actually cost a lot out of pocket? When cities recycle within their populace, why don't most extend those recycling privilages to businesses?
What prevents businesses, small or large, from recycling? What can be done to fix it? What would be the costs involved in being a recycling middle-man, a small company that just picks up recyclables, seperates and delivers them to appropriate places... even as a volunteer organization?
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