Recycling debate short on reason
Responses to a news story on recycling indicate that the issue is driven more by emotion and misinformation than reason. Recently I was interviewed by Carla Eckels of KMUW radio for a story titled Recycling: Is It Really Necessary? (Audio is available at that link.) The story was based on my research and opinion that in some cases, recycling is an economically beneficial activity. But for the household setting, it is not. (One point I meant to make, but forgot to, was that how wonderful it is that we have enough wealth that we don't have to recycle household waste.…