Recycling: it’s nothing new! – Sophie Gauthier

Here, read the transcript of the interview with Sophie Gauthier, a member of the Cercle de Fermières Saint-Eustache since 2017.

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You have to know where you come from to go toward what you want to be, or where you want to go. You know, it’s important to know where we come from… You know, we often say… young people today, they’re really into recycling, a lot of things like that. You know, maybe not my generation or a little before me, but like my grandmother, they recycled a lot. Because the rugs that were in the house were made of nylon stockings, or… You know, the sheets on the bed, the blankets you had on your bed, were made of scraps of fabric. It was, everything put together, it was… You know, so they recycled a lot back then.