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Originally Posted by abaya
Then again, you must wonder... archaeology would be rather pointless if everyone recycled in the past.  Then again, their levels of consumption were so much less than ours, it's doesn't even matter. |
The recycling schemes of olden times makes us look like rank amateurs. Most of the things preserved from the past either belonged to the very wealthy or were accidently lost somehow (like arrowheads or sunken ship cargos). Most people were just too poor to throw anything useful away.
Back to the topic: We recycle pretty much everything possible, and our family does compost both garden waste and food leftovers. (The food compost is a bitch to maintain, especially in the winter.) But I do have a hard time seeing the energy save in us washing all the milk cartons.