The case for recycling

[Roland32]

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I also am limited to the Penn & Teller when it comes to recycling info. However, for those ACist, I would think they would support it as a technological achievement in efficiency for resources. So to recycle would be like being an early adopter, possibly?

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That assumes that there's acually a "problem" with resources.

The fact that you have to pay someone to come get all these "valuable" plastic and paper resources should tell you that this is actually quite *less* efficient than traditional methods of obtaining those resources.

About the only recyclable anyone will actually pay you for is aluminum.

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Perpetual growth is infinite growth, and resources are finite. So wouldn't a "problem" with resources depend on the timeline?

[pvn]

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Perpetual growth is infinite growth, and resources are finite. So wouldn't a "problem" with resources depend on the timeline?

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Sure. So what do you think the timeline is? The market is signalling, through prices, that recycling is a less efficient way of obtaining these resources. The timeline *does* get factored in - but so does the *present value* of the resources that would be used *now* to recycle.

If you want to pay someone extra to process your trash, and be an "early adopter" that's fine with me. I'm not a big fan, however, of the fact that I am charged extra for my city-provided sanitation services so they can recycle my trash whether I want them to or not.

[Roland32]

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Perpetual growth is infinite growth, and resources are finite. So wouldn't a "problem" with resources depend on the timeline?

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Sure. So what do you think the timeline is? The market is signalling, through prices, that recycling is a less efficient way of obtaining these resources. The timeline *does* get factored in - but so does the *present value* of the resources that would be used *now* to recycle.

If you want to pay someone extra to process your trash, and be an "early adopter" that's fine with me. I'm not a big fan, however, of the fact that I am charged extra for my city-provided sanitation services so they can recycle my trash whether I want them to or not.

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I'll agree with that