Not environmental

I bought a new package of the yellow legal pads I love to use. A package of a dozen 50-sheet pads set me back $8.29. That's virgin fiber. If I had wanted to go with the identical recycled item, it would have been more than $17.

Now I'm a reasonable guy. I can see the point of spending several dollars on a fluorescent light to save a lot of electricity and a fair amount of money down the road. I can understand the point of driving my recyclables to the next county because we don't have any way to recycle in Richland County. I pull plastic bottles from the laundry room trash can, use the last half-dose of detergent, and recycle the bottle. But to double the price of an item that's already overpriced—just to buy recycled? I won't do it, and I can't imagine anyone else doing it either.