Regardless of where the quote is from it doesn't make it any less silly.
I don't drive but - like others - that's down to not having a licence and a lack of money to get one and run a car. I recycle a lot because I live in one of the areas of the UK where recycling is essentially compulsary as we only have bin collections once a fortnight. It's an easy adjustment to make and it annoys me all the whining that people with weekly bin collections do at the thought of having the same system as us because in most cases it's just laziness. I walk when I can, always turn things off and use a lot of public transport. I don't think I'm terribly wasteful.