RECYCLING: NEW VIEW ACKNOWLEDGES TRADEOFFS, LIMITS

roger.diedrich@sfsierra.sierraclub.org
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:57:16 -0500


Greenwire 4/1/97

*6 RECYCLING: NEW VIEW ACKNOWLEDGES TRADEOFFS, LIMITS

Dave Gatton of the US Conference of Mayors says local
governments "are not debating whether to abandon their programs,"
but "they are debating how to make recycling more effective."
Even the Sierra Club recognizes the limits of recycling; in a
report last summer, the group said: "Recycling is not a panacea
for our environmental problems, nor should it be pursued to the
point of diminished returns or at any cost."

Maybe Bill or the Waste Committee of the SC would care to respond?

--cdc

Carolyn Chase, Editor, San Diego Earth Times, http://www.sdearthtimes.com
Please visit ;-)
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A call to the reporter by a DC member of Sierra Club revealed she THOUGHT it
was a Sierra Club report, but discovered it was, in fact, an EDF report.
(you know how those tree huggers are, one group is the same as another)
Our
guy has the report and we wrote a joint letter objecting to the
misinformation and the article in general but, of course, it was not printed.
You too, could expess your outrage.
Roger Diedrich
Sierra Club, Virginia