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If you don't account for the externalities of climate change, this is true. The true cost likely makes recycling economically productive.
by JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
If you don't account for the externalities of climate change, this is true. The true cost likely makes recycling economically productive.
- ars 6y agoThe reverse actually! If you account for all the externalities recycling (except for metal) is terrible for the environment. People only do it because it "feels good". If you actually cared about the environment, metal should be recycled, and everything else burned for energy.
- codeulike 6y agocitation needed
- missedthecue 6y agoHow does poorly discarded plastic waste contribute to climate change? In fact, plastic is anti-climate change because the weight of it is much less than producing and transporting glass.