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Originally Posted by shesus
My questions to recycling advocates are:
How do you know for certain that your recycling bin isn't being tossed in with the rest of the garbage? How much electricity is it using to recycle? Is it really as environment friendly as it appears?
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They covered recycling in another episode of Bullshit. Basically what they said (that I remember) is that outside of aluminum, recycling actually harms the environment more than helps. Driving to pick up the recycling and take it to the plant releases pollutants, the plant itself releases pollutants and uses energy and leaves behind excess chemicals.
I don't know all about it, but I don't recycle either...