Green Tips: There’s no social justice without environmental justice

Green Tips: There’s no social justice without environmental justice

A few weeks ago, I went to New York to visit some college friends. When I opened their trash can, it was full of cans and plastic jugs. As probably the second-biggest recycling stickler in Park City (close behind the woman who trained me), I had to ask why there were cans in the trash can when there was a perfectly good curbside recycling bin sitting outside the front door. They gave excuses — recycling doesn’t work, it’s a hassle. But later, ov…