seven: Study

In an observation of the public, running four hours, where study participants were required to sort their trash (remove plastic lids from paper cups) and discard it in appropriate receptacles, without being motivated by outside forces, (someone telling them to) 99.9% of people (all except one guy and a can) chose to recycle.
In one case, a non-English speaking woman, holding her refuse, sought translations in order to recycle.
America holds 5% of the world’s population, while producing 40% of its waste.
We only recycle 28% of our own (that’s 11.2% of the worlds) trash.
Here, some are doing better.