Is recycling pointless?

When recycled materials are later sent to the landfill (because there is no market), then recycling is demonstrated to be pointless. Recycling of paper, glass, etc. is not pointless only when you or your business or your government have a good chance to make an economic profit on the recycling. read more

Recycling glass is pointless if there is no market for the glass. Crushed glass degrades into a material that is essentially sand, not a pollutant. Where there is wine production, there is often a market. read more

In my opinion, recycling is not pointless because people cancel out the fact that they are adding to the carbon footprint. If people did not recycle, things would be much worse than they already are. Global warming and other environmental isses would have caused so many problems and recycling helps these negative issues stay neutral. read more

Some recycling may be pointless- after all we cannot “un-Make” a product. Since we are all living in the Post-Industrial age, we have to deal with Post-Industrial waste. Re-use is by far the MOST energy efficient, environmentally friendly for of recycling. read more