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as an (anonymous) employee of a busy downtown restaurant, i think it is time to call public attention to the lack of recycling our businesses do.
while i am working, i am forced to ignore my urge to separate recyclable materials and throw every single thing into the trash, despite how detrimental to the environment, nor how valuable to the city recyclables are (it COSTS money to get rid of waste; it MAKES money to recycle).
i'd like to open this issue to call attention to the businesses that do not recycle, because if we as individuals go to great lengths to recycle in our own homes, then why should we continue to support businesses that do not regardless of why they should?

also, i believe it is shameful, as well as utterly lazy and shortsighted for the city of new haven to not have a policy in place to reprimand businesses who do not recycle. it is almost 2011 and we can't as a collective of intelligent human beings realize that, for instance, when you recycle aluminum, it does not break down over time and is 100% recyclable? one can equals one can for the rest of eternity?

despite the negative effect on my livelihood, i call for a boycott on businesses in new haven that do not recycle, until they begin. before you dine somewhere, ask if they recycle. if they do not, tell the manager that is why you refuse to spend your money there, but that you will return when they begin a recycling program.

need i remind us all that this is the only earth we have???