Tiemstra, John P. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 4, pp. 260-270
Recycling is typically advocated on economic grounds, yet at current prices, it does not pay. There are some reasons to … think that some of these prices are inefficient, but the main problem is that recycling substitutes labor for energy, virgin … materials, and landfill space. Advocates of recycling argue that this use of labor has environmental consequences that are less …