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Originally Posted by blueski
Here's a question per the thread title, how do the economics of Calgary's blue bin program compare to those mentioned in the article? http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...y.html?hpid=z3
Are we able to sell our sorted glass, plastic, paper and metal or does it just end up in the landfill anyway? |
Recycling just seems like a huge waste of money and resources. Sure it makes you feel good about yourself, but it takes far more energy to recycle most products then to throw them in the landfill and the infrastructure required to support a city of 1.5M with curbside recycling seems exhorbitant.
"We made $200,000 in recycling this year!"
"Yes, but we spent $40M on the supporting infrastructure." etc.
I dunno, the Bull$hit episode Penn and Teller did sums my feelings up nicely