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Article: What is behind the attack on recycling?
- Article from:
- BioCycle
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Nov 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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One would think that recycling, like motherhood and apple pie, would be an activity beyond reproach. After all, an enterprise that requires less than a minute a day, that makes us feel good about ourselves, that reduces pollution and saves energy would seem to have a lot going for it. Yet, in the past 12 months, increasingly vicious attacks on recycling have appeared in the popular press.
That these attacks are wrongheaded is not really in question. Those in the recycling community know that there is readily available and abundant data to demonstrate that a well run recycling program can save governments, households and businesses a great deal of money.
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