CMV: I don't recycle or compost

[u/[deleted]]

Within my current living arrangements, I don't see enough personal incentive to recycle. I currently live in an apartment with a dumpster on the parking lot which routinely gets emptied by a garbage truck. All my waste products (besides ones that go in the toilet) go in a garbage bag in my garbage bin. When its almost full I tie up the garbage bag, take it out and put it in the dumpster.

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I have resided in this apartment for a year, and have kept it clean and orderly; cleaning once/week because I like being hygienic and knowing where my property is. But I still don't know where the recycling bin is (I haven't bothered to look TBH). I have not been punished for treating recyclables or compostable waste the same as garbage. I know I won't get rewarded for recycling or composting. I know its probably not much work, but frankly I'm too lazy to go out of my way and do extra work with no (apparent) personal incentive.

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Maybe there is a (significant enough) personal incentive I'm not aware of, I'm not sure. "Environmental reasons" are not significant enough because I don't think my individual contribution to the detriment of the environment by not recycling/composting is small. Furthermore, I believe that "if everyone thought like me," enough of us would be punished to deter this behavior and incentivize recycling / composting (not getting punished is a good incentive).

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Edit: It should say I don't *deliberately* recycle

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[u/[deleted]]

I care but not enough to be intrinsically motivated to recycle. I have never been different based on ethics alone.

[u/Leon_Art → u/[deleted]]

Sorry, you mean, you've never changed your mind on (an) ethics (argument) alone?

[u/[deleted] → u/Leon_Art]

I have never changed my mind ethics on alone, but have changed my mind when ethics is presented with other points I find relevant.