[creepycrawly]

Good ol' Alan Caruba. He actually used to live in my town. Part of the reason for the reduction in recycling in these parts is that Waste Management sharply increased what they charge to pick up plastics, so the town had to stop.

Personally, I'm in favor of a moderate amount of recycling to balance the tremendous amount of 'normal' garbage that's created.

[Max Combined]

"Waste Management sharply increased what they charge to pick up plastics,"

Probably because they couldn't get any money for the plastic and it was costing them money to pick it up.

[Max Combined]

"Personally, I'm in favor of a moderate amount of recycling to balance the tremendous amount of 'normal' garbage that's created."

It is fine to be in favor of something in a general way. Unfortunately, the cost/benefit ratio of recycling does not make it economically viable for anything except metals.