Time to recycle recycling?

Time to recycle recycling? | CEI

As my colleague Angela Logomasini wrote in the Wall Street Journal on March 18, 2002: "Isn't recycling supposed to save money and resources? Some recycling does - when driven by market forces. Private parties don't voluntarily recycle unless they know it will save money, and, hence, resources. But forced recycling can be a waste of both because recycling itself entails using energy, water and labor to collect, sort, clean and process the materials. There are also air emissions, traffic and wear on streets from the second set of trucks prowling for recyclables. The bottom line is that most mandated recycling hurts, not helps, the environment."