I was standing in my driveway a week or so ago—we live in a cul-de-sac—watching this guy in a pickup truck come down our street looking for stuff out on the curb. I was kind of surprised when he stopped and picked up some stuff and threw it in the back of his truck. I was thinking about that as getting greater access on the part of the private entrepreneurs to the value that is in garbage and whether there is a way in which they can access the materials so it can be recycled more directly into more valuable products.
On December 3rd, 2014. See this statement in context.