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MIT: A recycling study with surprises.
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POSTED: Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 7:27am
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 5:06pm
How much are recycling efforts really helping nature?
Tyler — New MIT study shows it's cheaper to produce recycle products, but they are not as energy efficient when they are finished.
In fact, the research found just as many that used more energy than saved energy.
East Texans talk back on the MIT study and what it could mean for recycling efforts, with our news partner: KTBB and host Garth Maier.
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Do the research, recycling costs more and uses more resouces than producing new products in every case except aluminum cans. Stop believing the left-wing propoganda. They're the ones who own the recycling businesses. The taxpayers and govenment foot the bill for all of the extra costs involved in recycling.
Recycling is not all about saving energy, it's about saving resources and keeping junk out of landfills. In order to get the right answer, we have to ask the right question. So rather than asking, "Does it save energy?" we should ask, "Do the benefits outweigh the costs?" Not sure I have the answer to that question either, but at least it's the right question to ask.
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