Externality

the only externality for the recycle
symbol on the toothpaste tube was
the cost of the engineer’s hours

answering the question can we print
the symbol and OK the lawyer’s
examining the regs or maybe the

engineer had to develop a way to
make a tube that met stipulations
but there it is seen regularly each

morning and evening allowing the
corporation to claim we did our
part never mind there are no

recyclers and no market for
recycled materials the important
thing is that the public knows who

is doing their part

Author of the article

James T. Stemmle is an old man, currently living retirement in WV with his wife of 58 years. In warm weather, he writes poetry during morning meditations on a bench in his back yard, where, immersed in nature, it is so quiet that, depending on atmospheric conditions, he can sometimes hear interstate traffic four miles distant. He had a Federal Government career mostly with EPA, earned a doctorate from Catholic U in Chemistry, and was born in Louisville, KY.