Adam Smith notes that recycling is, as I’ve said before, a waste of time and money.
…much recycling is ideological rubbish, a monumental waste of effort. And this is not just the view of free-market economists who see such “socialised systems of residual management” (rubbish collection to you and me) as market distortions
We should be incinerating our garbage, and generating useable energy. All this while the city of Toronto wants to continue to harass its citizens and their garbage bags.
Geoff Rathbone, of the city’s solid waste department, said collection crews will “absolutely” be more vigilant in leaving garbage that can be recycled at the curb.