I caught a curious headline in the Toronto Star: “City staff think Toronto should get out of the recycling business. Why? That’s a secret.”

Not much more to say about this because, well, it’s a secret…

But like most of you, I have spent the past three decades or so dutifully sorting recyclable waste – paper and cardboard, glass and plastic – from outright trash, before dragging it all curbside and giving myself a pat on the back for helping save the planet.