Growing up in NY teaches you a nice lesson that each can of soda equals 5 pennies. You horde those cans then one day you haul a big frickin bag full of soda cans down to Waldbaums and get PAID. You were recycling and getting paid all at the same time. There's one catch. You pay those five cents up front so a 6 pack of soda would really cost you an additional 30 cents.
As I've gotten older I hardly drink soda yet somehow the lesson of not throwing cans into the garbage has stuck. Ever since I moved to Denver, I received a big purple bin. It was picked up once a week by the city's recycling service. Once a week all the cans, bottles, plastic, and newspapers I collected were hauled away. I'm probably paying for the service but I don't seem to mind. If it can be reused, why not make the effort.
Apparently I'm part of a miniscule minority in Colorado:
U.S. recycling rate: 28.5%
Colorado recycling rate: 12.5%
That's pathetic!
If you're shocked, here's the Denver Post article where I get these numbers.
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