Thinking about "Earth Day"

This past Tuesday was "earth day", secular holiday started in the 1970's to 'save the earth'. Of course, with the global warming scare/hoax going on, earth day has reclaimed some popularity.

Earth day this year happened to also be trash day in my neighborhood. I thought of this since it followed a wonderful weather weekend. Because of that, there were LOTS of paper bags and trash cans of yard clippings, sticks, etc. on the curb to be composted. Also next to the cans were the recycling bins with paper (a naturally renewable resource) glass, metals and plastics.

Recycling makes us feel good. And on earth day perhaps even more so.

But what gets lost in all that is the one completely NOT renewable resource, one which impacts national security and causes pollution - Diesel Fuel.
Because we have Trash, Yard Clippings, and Recycling we had SIX truck trips down our block on earth day (6 because the three different trucks do each side of the block separately!!!).

Is wasting 4 (perhaps 5) extra trips of diesel fuel worth recycling much of what is otherwise renewable resources?