WHAT WE'RE READING: Is Recycling a Waste of Time?

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Interesting read by John Tierney in this week's New York Times Sunday Review: The Reign of Recycling. Read the piece and share your thoughts in the comments section.

Excerpt:

In the United States, you probably do some form of recycling. It’s likely that you separate paper from plastic and glass and metal. You rinse the bottles and cans, and you might put food scraps in a container destined for a composting facility. As you sort everything into the right bins, you probably assume that recycling is helping your community and protecting the environment. But is it? Are you in fact wasting your time?