If energy use doesn't matter then neither does the whole recycling thing. If energy efficiency doesn't matter then we could simply build machines that comb thro

If energy use doesn't matter then neither does the whole recycling thing. If energy efficiency doesn't matter then we could simply build machines that comb through the environment to collect garbage, sort it, and make it reusable. But that would be insanely wasteful from an energy perspective. It's easier to preempt those challenges.