I agree that "going green" is important, but a lot like Ryan, i feel that it is very unlikely that it will ever be fully accepted. The problems with expecting the whole country to accept and practise recycling is that not everyone cares. A lot of people will only admit that recycling is important if they themselves are directly affected by the pollution of the earth. As it stands right now, the earth isn't feeling the full effects of not recycling, so most of the population doesn't care about going green. So until everyone is physically affected by this problem, not everyone will try to change their habits.