This article suggests recycling is a mixture of economically ineffective and actively environmentally harmful but I wasn’t left with a clear understanding of which types of recycling are which.
Certainly aluminum recycling seems to make both economic and environmental sense.
But for glass, paper, and plastic, is there a point where I would be doing the environment a service by throwing it in the landfill box instead of the recycling box?
The workers at the recycling plant will gladly throw plastic in the landfill if it's not usefully recyclable.
The message I took away from the article, though, is we shouldn't kid ourselves that having a recycling bin suddenly makes waste environmentally friendly.
Certainly aluminum recycling seems to make both economic and environmental sense.
But for glass, paper, and plastic, is there a point where I would be doing the environment a service by throwing it in the landfill box instead of the recycling box?