Rant #14: REcycling

Okay I have to admit, this isn't exactly a rant as much as it is a statement of facts. I used rant because I'm trying to make a brand name here.

So most of us recycle, either we feel good doing it, or we feel some sort of obligation to the world. Either way, it's something we do, but it really isn't that great. They say it saves resources, it saves energy, and it saves the planet.

For one, it doesn't save materials. We have 20% more trees on the earth now, than we did 90 years ago. That's because of tree farms, plantations specifically made for the production of paper. It really doesn't save any trees.

Another argument is that is saves energy. Again, it doesn't. It actually takes more energy to process plastic, than it does to just make a new one. Some of it even comes from the transport. It takes one truck to take the recyclables to another truck, that takes it to a crossroad that gives it to another truck. That is a lot of CO2 heading into the atmosphere. A lot of wasted energy.

Now the thing about it saving the earth was actually a lie spread in the educational pamphlet "An Agenda for Action," which was basically the archaic origin to Al Gore's PowerPoint. It said that America's landfills were filling up and dumping toxins into the ground. The fact is, landfills are surprisingly clean and most are converted into thriving parks, and recreational areas, once they're filled. They also are not filling up, no matter what anyone says. Even if we were to take 1000 years of garbage (220 tons a year), we would only have enough to cover 35 square miles, 200 feet high, with garbage. That, on the whole, is a small number.

Also, recycling causes more stress on the enviroment due to all the manufacturing reproduction of certain objects. In fact the only thing that is even worth recycling is soda cans, and that's because aluminum is actually a pretty expensive metal.

I'm not saying stop recycling, but still know your facts, and I know I'm missing stuff but if you're really interested enough to nag me do some research for yourself. You'll be surprised what you find.

So, anyway readers, I want to wish you a so long, and have a happy lobotomy.

-Eliot Wolf




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