In many towns, people throw away plastics because their recycling facility won’t take them. However, other towns might take these materials. If I were throwing away plastics because my town didn’t take them but then learned that other towns accepted those plastics, I honestly don’t know if I would go to those towns to recycle the plastics. On one hand, it would take a lot of effort to go to drive to another town every week or so. That would take a great deal of time, which I usually don’t have a lot of to spare. It would also mean that I would have to constantly set aside some of my plastic and remember where it was, which would be hard since I’m forgetful. On the other hand, I would feel super guilty if I didn’t do it, and it would probably bother me when I went to sleep. That’s a big incentive, because I like to sleep and have a hard time doing it when there is something on my mind. Additionally, I do want to help reduce the amount of plastic we produce, and if I didn’t recycle, I would definitely feel like I was contributing to the problem, which I would be.
After weighing these options, I think that I would probably try to recycle the plastic, but not on a regular basis. I would wait until the plastic gathered and I would only go to the recycling facility in the other town if I was planning on doing something there first. That means that I wouldn’t go every week and I wouldn’t drive all the way to another town just to recycle. I would wait until I had another reason to go to that town, like for a violin lesson or to go fruit shopping, and only then would I drive there. Then, I would stop by the facility on my way and drop off the plastic. Also, I might not always drop off the plastic and some weeks, I might just throw it out. Still, I would make an effort to go to the other town at least every once in a while and I would try to save my plastic in a box somewhere so that i wouldn’t forget where it was. This would allow me to help the planet and save my conscience, without me having to take on too much extra work.