Ripple effect the clue’s in the picture Friday, 7 November 2008 Stories abound today about the potential for massive stockpiles of recyclable goods, as a result of a collapse in prices for the items that we all sort from our waste and put in orange bag /green box / whatever. It seems to me that we’ve somehow got into the situation where most people think that ‘recycling’ consists of sorting it out and leaving it on the doorstep. The reality, of course, is that recycling is what needs to happen to those items after they are collected. New goods are made, which requires serious investment in manufacturing plant. Beyond that, for recycling to work, products need to be conceived,