Dear Editor:
Indeed, as poverty-stricken, New York City resident Patricia Walsh, said in a December 17, “NY Times” feature story Recycling, as a Means to Survive, “It’s amazing what other people throw out.”
Besides being a boon to the environment, recycling can generate badly needed revenue for businesses, municipalities, individuals, and other entities.
But, whereas Ms. Walsh and hordes of others like her, literally scrape the bottoms of countless barrels on a daily basis, collecting cans, bottles, etc., to put food on the table, many hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities across America, discard their recyclables, adding to our country’s ever-growing “eco-burden.”
Alas, it may require special expertise to design efficient, hygienic recycling systems for use in medical facilities. But, if what is good for the goose is good for the gander, and given the fiscal challenges most medical facilities face today, shouldn’t every one of them be recycling whole hog, too?
Susan Kross, DVM
Kross Consultative Health & Fitness Services, “Make health your wealth”TM
Dairyland, NY
The Catskill Chronicle 
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