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Recycling just a big waste
Cody Bozarth
Issue date: 9/8/04 Section: Opinion
Recycling plants have large machines (which also pollute) to break down materials before they can be reused. For example, to recycle paper, inks have to be taken out. People are paid to separate plastic from paper from tin, etc. which isn't necessary to do at landfills.
A great deal of money is spent to keep recycling plants operating. Recycling has to pay for more administrators and public relation officials to sort out what can or can't be recycled. Parts of our nation where recycling is mandatory have enforcement officials who inspect trash and fine for anything that could be recycled. At what cost? When compared to the cost of sending garbage to landfills, recycling wastes $50 to $100 million dollars every year.
The costs of natural resources are on a continual decline. New technologies are continually making non-renewable resources unnecessary. Most telephone calls use fiber-optic cables made from glass instead of copper wire. New supplies of nonrenewable resources are constantly being discovered. Sure, trees were cut down to make this issue of the Western Courier, but trees are being grown in their place specifically to make paper.
Everyone loves to recycle. It just seems so honest and good that everyone eats it right up without a second thought. Why can't we admit we made a mistake? Many
people will simply refuse to believe that this act of separating garbage in labeled bins has been pointless. Try to understand. As for me, I'm throwing my plastic bottles, cans and newspapers in with the rest of the rubbish.
A great deal of money is spent to keep recycling plants operating. Recycling has to pay for more administrators and public relation officials to sort out what can or can't be recycled. Parts of our nation where recycling is mandatory have enforcement officials who inspect trash and fine for anything that could be recycled. At what cost? When compared to the cost of sending garbage to landfills, recycling wastes $50 to $100 million dollars every year.
The costs of natural resources are on a continual decline. New technologies are continually making non-renewable resources unnecessary. Most telephone calls use fiber-optic cables made from glass instead of copper wire. New supplies of nonrenewable resources are constantly being discovered. Sure, trees were cut down to make this issue of the Western Courier, but trees are being grown in their place specifically to make paper.
Everyone loves to recycle. It just seems so honest and good that everyone eats it right up without a second thought. Why can't we admit we made a mistake? Many
people will simply refuse to believe that this act of separating garbage in labeled bins has been pointless. Try to understand. As for me, I'm throwing my plastic bottles, cans and newspapers in with the rest of the rubbish.
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