Ron Krupp: Vermont’s new recycling law

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Krupp, who is the author of “The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening.” It originally aired on Vermont Public Radio. Krupp recently spoke to an assembly of students and staff at Leland and Gray High School in Townshend about Vermont’s universal recycling and composting law – also known as Act 148.
The disposal of recyclables like glass, paper and plastic milk jugs – fully half the trash discarded by Vermont residents and busi