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Asked at Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City on November 19, 2008

“It’s more important for me, definitely. You try to recycle as much as you can without changing your whole life. I couldn’t afford to go green all at once, but it makes sense to me as I buy new things to get the ‘green’ option.”

— Susan Hogan, Overland Park

“Yes. I read an article by Ed Begley Jr., where he said he’d gotten his trash to fit in his glove compartment, and I decided I wanted to try that. Last week, my trash fit in a Ziploc bag.”

— Mia Lucero, Grandview, Mo.

“I would say yes. When we were kids, global warming wasn’t as much of a problem, but now people know more about it, and we need to try not to fill landfills.”

— Kai Yang, Kansas City, Kan.

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