This piece recycles (sorry) the prophetic arguments from this classic 1996 article by John Tierney, which generated more reader response than the NY Times had then ever received: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;1996&#x2F;06&#x2F;30&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;recycling-is-garbage.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;1996&#x2F;06&#x2F;30&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;recycling-is-garb...</a>