Just about everything in my house would be recycled if it could be. That day I realized that not everyone is conscientious about recycling. Sure, after drinking a can of Pepsi, most people don't really think that recycling this can might allow their children's children to have clean air to breathe, but it just might. It's really not as hard as most people imagine. Once you get into the habit of recycling it's easy to accomplish.
Recycling takes more far-reaching thinking.
Picturing what the earth would be like without recycling is frightening. Maybe this is some type of motivation for people to recycle. Recycling does not just need to be volunteering to do it for free. Most recycling centers will pay for aluminum cans. Plus almost all centers will take recyclables for free, so it basically saves you money on your garbage bill.