Read an article this morning claiming paper recycling was actually counter productive for the

[Monty91]

environment and is simply another way for middle class liberals to deceive themselves into thinking they are saving the world whilst avoiding the inconvenient truth that the only genuine way to make a difference is to reduce consumption.

What says Awimb?

[Ashberto]

Was it in a newspaper?

[Snin]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304773/The-great-re cycling-trick-How-carefully-sorted-waste-dumped-abroad.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304773/The-great-recycling-trick-How-carefully-sorted-waste-dumped-abroad.html)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-wynne/is-teaching-childre n-to-recycle-a-waste-of-time_b_3902194.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-wynne/is-teaching-children-to-recycle-a-waste-of-time_b_3902194.html)

etc etc even the guardian..

Recycling? It's a waste of time



Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart
The Guardian,

We were doing the weekly sorting of the recycling the other night. Paper and cardboard in one box. Glass, plastic and tins in another, different coloured, box. Most food waste goes to our worms, but the rest is in biodegradable sacks which in turn are locked into fox-proof boxes. Then there's the regular dustbin.

In fact, the market for recycled paper has collapsed, so there's no point in sorting that, and the glass is mainly used for road beds, since it is hard but permeable. No point in recycling that anyway: there is no world shortage of sand. Most household rubbish around the country still goes into landfill anyway.

Like so much associated with the green movement, this procedure has a religious quality. It even takes as long as the average church service. The doctrine keeps changing: envelopes used to have to go separately, with cardboard. No doubt following some green synod meetings, we are now enjoined to pile them all together.

Although it's largely a waste of time, we must perform these rites as a sign of our commitment to the ecological faith. To question them would be like insisting that communion wine wasn't really the blood of Christ, or pointing out that the vegetable marrow you brought to harvest festival isn't going to help starving children in Africa.