Locally, a community recycling center is in the process of closing down. This after having had its pickup and processing costs approach $100 a ton now. Since th

Locally, a community recycling center is in the process of closing down. This after having had its pickup and processing costs approach $100 a ton now. Since the "tipping fee" at the local dump is only about a third of that, guess where all of that formerly recyclable material is now headed? I expect that our much larger municipal recycling program will soon be taking a similar path.