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There's an Econtalk episode on the economics of recycling. http://www.econtalk.org/munger-on-recycling/ http://www.econtalk.org/munger-on-recycling/ Aside fro
by redthrow 8y ago
There's an Econtalk episode on the economics of recycling.
http://www.econtalk.org/munger-on-recycling/ http://www.econtalk.org/munger-on-recycling/
Aside from aluminium, there doesn't seem to be much of a point of recycling even though city governments keep doing it. (Even for stuff like aluminium cans, the rate of recycling has decreased, because the can design has improved and each can uses very little aluminium.)
- rapnie 8y agoBut innovations in the field of recycling would over time alleviate these issues. Stopping the recycling efforts altogether would also halt these innovations. And by charging a (relatively) large amount of money for getting rid of trash - like they do in Switzerland - is a great tool of both raising awareness with consumers, improving habits, and making recycling economically viable in the meantime.