Mandatory recycling creates waste and destroys wealth without solving any "problems." It is the equivalent of Soviet planning: the state first micromanages an economic activity and then builds an elaborate system of controls and subsidies to sustain it. Resources are wasted to generate recyclables, and then resources are wasted to encourage their use.
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Cato Institute
[Recycling] neither conserve[s] scarce resources nor help[s] to protect the environment.
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Cato Institute
