This article, like many on the topic, is largely FUD. There is only one $ in the entire article, and it simply says that plastics no longer fetch $300/ton. Ther

This article, like many on the topic, is largely FUD. There is only one $ in the entire article, and it simply says that plastics no longer fetch $300/ton. There is no mention of what the offering price is for garbage. Here is more grounded review of the system: https://www.thoughtco.com/benefits-of-recycling-outweigh-the-costs-1204141 https://www.thoughtco.com/benefits-of-recycling-outweigh-the... The real answer is that it's a complex dynamic system. If landfill disposal prices are high, recycling makes economic sense. If they are low, it doesn't. If you start recycling, then the demand for landfill disposal goes down, so the prices also go down. In general, most municipalities run recycling programs that either save money today, or save money by reducing the aggregate cost of what it would cost if all waste was sent to a landfill. Municipalities which do not have a large enough scale to make a separate recycling program cost effective rarely implement them.