General: Recycling
Cry Wolf Quotes
Recycling may be the most wasteful activity in modern America: a waste of time and money, a waste of human and natural resources.
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John Tierney. The New York Times Magazine.
Recycling has become the most primitive form of materialism: the worship of materials.
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John Tierney. The New York Times Magazine.
Recycling itself can cause environmental harm...As a result, the environmental costs of recycling may exceed any possible environmental benefits.
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Lynn Scarlett, Reason Foundation and The National Center for Policy Analysis.
Journalists...did a remarkable job of creating the garbage crisis...Mandatory recycling programs aren't good for posterity. They offer mainly short-term benefits to a few groups -- politicians, public relations consultants, environmental organizations, waste-handling corporations -- while diverting money from genuine social and environmental problems.
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John Tierney. The New York Times Magazine.
