I have prided myself on being eco-friendly.

I reused*, repurposed*, and thought that I was recycling to keep America beautiful while saving our planet.

I was wrong to believe a fantasy.

For one thing, I was overloading the globe with plastics jugs I thought that could be recycled. I fell for an effective feel-good marketing campaign all these years – I am concerned about the growing toxic world I will leave to my great-grandchildren.