EPA: Recycling Eliminated More Than 50 Million Tons Of Guilt In ‘96 (archive)

Of course, with worldwide consumption of non-renewable resources at an all-time high, the world will still undergo total environmental collapse by 2065. “But with careful planning,” Toomer said, “guilt levels should remain low right up until then, long after the baby boomers are dead.”

I stumbled upon this Onion article years ago and am regularly reminded of it whenever conversations about recycling come up.

It’s from 1997 but couldn’t be more true today.