I have this belief that recycling is stupid and wasteful. This is how I think: It takes more energy to recycle than to just dump it in the garbage in most cases. Maybe recycling aluminum makes sense (I've read it somewhere) but recycling paper, for example, doesn't. Just dumping paper into landfill is a form of carbon sequestration, and it encourages more tree growing which takes carbon out of the air.
I'm kinda sick of holier than thou people telling me to recycle. I don't like people telling me what to do. Some people seem extra dogmatic about this. And in children's TV shows recycling is very prominently featured. Curious George and Berenstain Bears, for example, have episodes relating to recycling. One of the favorite games my 4 year old son plays is "Recycling" where he pretends some of his toys are garbage and others are recyclable material and separates them.
A while ago, I saw an episode about recycling on Bullshit, with the magician guys Penn and Teller.
And this editorial article is pretty old, but it speaks to me.
Recycling Is Garbage - The New York Times
And I read rebuttals like this but I'm still reluctant to change my mind:
Anti-Recycling Myths