The New York Times reports that San Francisco (of course) is leading the war on trash. Garbage collectors there who spot orange peels or aluminum soda cans in a trash bin will leave a note reminding the home owner how to separate his trash properly. Anyone found repeatedly flouting recycling protocol will be issued fines of $100 for small businesses and single-family homes and up to $1,000 for large businesses and multiunit buildings.
So, hanging on to “junk” earns me a pretty good grade in the trash department, but, unfortunately, I haven’t yet been able to stop my dirty habit of exhaling carbon dioxide. Almost 74 years of such activity certainly qualifies me as a serial exhaler!
I’m so ashamed.

Well, nobody’s perfect. -Ed