Does recycling really work?

Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 4:05 pm, September 28th, 2007 - Comments Off
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Here’s an interesting article from The Economist entitled “The truth about recycling”.

It sets out to answer some of the big questions about the World’s renewed to push to use less and reuse more in the wake of climate change: Is recycling worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China?

Britain’s recycling efforts reduce its carbon-dioxide emissions by 10m-15m tonnes per year. That is equivalent to a 10% reduction in Britain’s annual carbon-dioxide emissions from transport, or roughly equivalent to taking 3.5m cars off the roads.

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But the practice of shipping recyclables to China is controversial. Especially in Britain, politicians have voiced the concern that some of those exports may end up in landfills.

Here’s the full story.

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