British government advisor says recycling could be adding to global warming
January 31, 2009 6:00 pm EcologyOh my, how will the Church of Gaia handle this outbreak of potential heresy?
Mr Jones, a former director of the waste firm Biffa and now an adviser to environment ministers and the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, also dismissed kerbside recycling collections in many areas as “stupid” because they mixed together different materials, rendering them useless for recycling.
He suggested that much of the country’s waste should simply be burnt to generate electricity.
“It might be that the global warming impact of putting material through an incinerator five miles down the road is actually less than recycling it 3,000 miles away,” he said.
UPDATE
As mentioned by a commenter, here are Penn and Teller on recycling:
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Glendronach
rabbit :
Date: January 31, 2009 @ 7:21 PM
Penn & Teller did an episode on recycling in their T.V. program “Bullshit!”
Their conclusion was that few things were worth recycling. The resources required for recycling exceeded the resources saved. One of the few exceptions was aluminium.
Problem is, I use very little aluminium. Beer doesn’t taste quite right out of a can, so I buy bottled beer.
Single malts out of an aluminium can, however, taste just fine.
Blame Crash :
Date: February 1, 2009 @ 10:22 AM
I’ve alway’s though of recycling as a religious ritual. It’s a act to show other’s that you’re a good citizen who does what he’s told.
It give’s you a nice buzz, just like the beverage that wabbit drinks.
Recycle…Help lift CO2 levels! | Jay Currie :
Date: February 1, 2009 @ 9:15 PM
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