Seriously?

In the Puget Sound area, we have more opportunities to reduce, reuse, recycle than just about anywhere else in our galaxy. Why, then, are appliances, electronics, carpets, all types of furniture, and bags of trash routinely set out on the street or dumped into sensitive areas?

Nothing says, “I’m too lazy to go to the thrift store or use Craigslist” than part of a couch on the edge of a wetlands area. Am I assuming a motive? Yes. But you’d be amazed at how much time your local government agencies spend picking up things that could have been donated or otherwise easily disposed of. On your dime, by the way.

We have made such a mess of the world we were told to take care of… and through our slovenly laziness thoughtlessly make our garbage someone else’s problem. Perhaps Dante’s third circle is not about slush and rain but being forced to pick up all the beer bottles, McDonald’s wrappers, and old stereos thrown into the bushes over one’s lifetime. Backwards, blindfolded, and in a padded sumo suit with ridiculously large floppy clown shoes.

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