Kiwis are apparently more efficient that Seattle residents in their recycling chores.

On average respondents estimate that they spend 13.6 minutes per week recycling, but would be willing to spend 23.4 minutes.

mfe.govt.nz

New Yorkers are (typically) even faster.

I tried to estimate the value of New Yorkers’ garbage sorting by financing an experiment by a neutral observer (a Columbia University student with no strong feelings about recycling). He kept a record of the work he did during one week complying with New York’s recycling laws. It took him eight minutes during the week to sort, rinse and deliver four pounds of cans and bottles to the basement of his building.

From a New York Times Muckraker column reprinted here web.williams.edu

It took me 15 minutes on the Internet to find, read and excerpt these two references. That’s 15 minutes more than Delingpole spent on research. I betcha!