That's an essay and three responses. I'm not sure how to turn that into an interpretation of what S. wrote. Nor, I'm afraid, does "because he's Salemicus" enlighten me much. My apologies if I'm being dim.

(The position taken by the main essay at that link looks to me a lot like "effort spent recycling things rather than just chucking then out is (often) wasted", and the only way I can see for this to make recycling less be a contribution to making the world a better place, worthy of calling out explicitly in a context like this, is for the sake of Making a Statement. So this looks a lot like my #2. But again I may well be being dim.)