This
video interview of Stephen
Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics,
actually contends that it is economically and environmentally
infeasible to recycle paper (paraphrased).
It
made my blood boil, especially since I am chairing a Mass. Recycles
Paper! campaign (www.massrecyclespaper.org)
through MassRecycle based on the economic and environmental benefits of
increasing paper recovery.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 5:14 PM
Subject:
[MassRecycle] Good Morning America on recycling
There
was an alarming piece on Good Morning America on Wednesday July 18:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3389378
, in which an interviewee who is discussing which recycling activities
are worthwhile and which are not, states that paper recycling is
probably not worth it, and we should probably just go for paper
products made of virgin pulp. Shall we all respond individually to ABC
with our own versions of why we think paper recycling is valuable? Or
do we want to respond as an organization?
Carol
S. Rubenstein, Chair
Sherborn
Recycling Committee
508-653-8794
Carol.Rubenstein@comcast.net
Matthew
Cotton
Integrated
Waste Management Consulting, LLC
19375
Lake City Road
Nevada
City, CA 95959
(530)
265-4560
Fax
(530) 265-4547
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