[alloysteel]

The eco-fascists knew that recycling was a scam when they proposed it. The purpose was to make it more expensive for corporations to do business, and bring down overall corporate profits. But corporations do not pay costs, and they do not pay taxes. They collect these costs and taxes from their customers. When no market developed for the recycled goods, or the costs proved to be in excess of the returns, the whole concept fizzled.

Incineration works. The supposed dangers of smokestack emissions are mitigated or eliminated completely by the careful application of technology. The principle of co-generation puts incineration on a paying basis in a way that recycling never could.

[E Rocc]

The eco-fascists knew that recycling was a scam when they proposed it. The purpose was to make it more expensive for corporations to do business, and bring down overall corporate profits.

That's a given to anyone who's seen how they react to a proposed (or for that matter existing) recycling facility.

-Eric