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Originally Posted by Burninator
I like Penn and Tellers show, but I was pretty disappointed with the recycling show. They had about 3 experts supporting recycling and only one against recycling. And every fact that discredited recycling was told by that one guy and his one study. It's even more disappointing that they believe that tree companies are planting more trees than they are cutting down. Heck, it maybe true, but trees aren't growing as fast as they are cutting them down (20 years to mature typically). Also they focused on the money issue far too much. Recycling isn't about saving money, it's about saving the environment. While the Penn and Teller show is interesting and does raise interesting points, they are pretty biased.
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in the same episode that caged linked, they stated that we have 3 times as many trees today as we did in 1920. also it wasn't just about money, they showed that due to the transportation and energy required to transform used material back into new stuff that recycling is WORSE for the environment. and how about the fact that 40% of all that stuff you recycle just goes into the same landfill as the rest of your garbage?
and it wasn't just one expert, they showed that the man behind the recycling movement flat out lied about landfill space to get people to believe in his viewpoints (not to mention the lady they had who showed just how much landfill space the US would need for 1000 years). they also proved that a modern landfill that conforms to environmental regulations is quite good for the environment in that it generates it's own electricity and becomes normal looking, usuable land within a few years of being finished
but sadly it doesn't matter how many people see this show or read any of the reports proving how useless recycling is, our society is in such a "save the Earth" state right now that recycling will never go away, it's only probably gonna get bigger and waste more money and create more harmful biproducts