Why Recycling Doesn't Work
The NYT has had several decent articles on this over the years:<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfills-plastic-papers.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfil...</a><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/business/local-recycling-costs.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/business/local-recycling-...</a><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/recycling-is-garbage.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/recycling-is-gar...</a><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/the-reign-of-recycling.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/opinion/sunday/the-reign-...</a><p>Ask yourself: how does recycling help the environment? It doesn't.  Recycling arose out of 1980s landfill anxiety but we have plenty of space, what we don't have are plenty of climates. All the money wasted on making us feel better by recycling could be far better spent reducing carbon emissions.<p>What a waste of tax dollars, especially now that most cities and counties just throw out recycling anyway.