Why Can't More Stuff Be Recycled ?

Seems like doing your part these days just doesn't quite cut it. Sure, recycling is a wonderful thing and it does help the earth and the economy, but why isn't there more things on the list that can be recycled by now. I remember when I was in grade school and I used to day dream about how spectacular the world would be in "the year 2000". It was never referred to as the millennium or Y2K, or any of that. It was the future of total technological supremacy.

Movies such as,"Back to the Future" as an example, where you could simply pop the top on a Mr.Fusion and load it up with a little spare garbage and a few drop of old beer (as well as the beer can)and have enough fuel to fly your car into the next dimension. This was the kind of world that we all expected to see as we neared the new millennium.

However, it's not the condition in which live today. In fact, nothing much has changed as far as modern transportation really, nor in the fuel we use to get around and to do the things we do. Of course there are heavy social, political, and economic factors that stand in the way. Really though, the sad truth is that our technology has made us even more lazy and attached to a system that seems to still be in perfect working order.

Is there anything really the matter? It's all in your attitude right? Wrong. Too many people see the world how they want to see it and not the way it really looks. Topped with the fact that some people just really couldn't care less, the trash continues to pile up where ever it may find a home. It just seems like there must be way to recycle more of the trash.

Heck, just the other day I saw these kids about 15 or 16 walking down my street, all typical urban youth with their jeans half falling off. While they made there way down the block (walking in the middle of the road one of fine young gentlemen just lets fall his "Biggie" soft drink onto the pavement below. I guess this was typical behavior for these guys, for nobody even missed a beat as they made there way through the neighborhood in search of a friendly basement and game console.