{"id":15628,"date":"2013-05-17T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15628"},"modified":"2013-05-17T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:46:52","slug":"recycling-kinda-like-punching-hitler-in-the-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/recycling-kinda-like-punching-hitler-in-the-nose\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling: Kinda’ Like Punching Hitler in the Nose"},"content":{"rendered":"
Remember the song “Let’s Do It for Our Country<\/a>” from Grease 2<\/em>? It turns out such persuasive approaches really work (and for more than sexual conquest): Robert Long at The New Republic<\/em> points to a few studies<\/a> showing that conservatives are more likely to recycle<\/a> when such activity is tied to values like patriotism.<\/p>\n That’s interesting, but what I really enjoyed in his post were past efforts to tie waste collection and reuse to national pride. For instance, during World War II, paper recycling<\/a> was portrayed as key to defeating Hitler:<\/p>\n