Originally Posted by
ebl14
While making money off the programs gets people involved, I think it is more important that we all simply choose to do the right and responsible thing. We shouldn't have to pay people to be good members of society, but if thats what it takes at first, it may be worth it.
Good post man! I sometimes feel like people think I'm weird when I tell the F/A's and Captain that I recycle so save all the paper, news papers, magazines etc.. Then when I get off the airplane with a bag full of paper I get an even more weird stare from the incoming crews. I tell them I'm doing it for their kids (I have none and probably never will). Rather than thinking "well he is a pretty clean guy, he got this far so he has to be somewhat smart, he is probably just recycling the paper" their first thought is I must have a trash fetish. I mean c'mon you don't have to be a forensic scientist to figure it out.
Just about every airport has paper recycling centers in the terminal so it's easy to just drop off on the way out. ATL has big ones right at the top of all the escalators which most people probably have never even noticed. I would say that 90% of the stuff we could throw away on our flights can be recycled. And most of it is paper. I'm just trying to do the right thing so that someone down the line doesn't have to suffer from our carelessness.