Hang around and watch, Ebbie. I plan to.

We toss things that we could use or reuse. Right now, it's cheaper to extract or make from scratch than to recycle. That's slowly changing, not because it's the right thing to do, but because it's becoming cheaper NOT to mine or make new.

Why mine bauxite, for instance, when something like 85% of our aluminum needs are being met by recycling (at least in the US)? The aluminum is already extracted and made, all you have to do is melt it down and reuse it (yeah, I know, I know).

Polarfleece is made from recycled plastic pop bottle.

Make it economic to recycle and reuse and I think you'll find the mindset changing.