Submitted by RoverTheMonster t3_z56u89 in philadelphia
KSMO t1_ixueiw1 wrote
Many cities across the country have discontinued municipal recycling due the economics of it and reasons you’ve cited, BUT it makes people feel good so it persists.
uptown_gargoyle t1_ixugvz3 wrote
also nobody in city government wants to be the person who ended recycling. political suicide, regardless of whether there's merit to it
Florachick223 t1_ixv660t wrote
This is largely the result of a decades-long PR campaign from oil companies who wanted us to feel better about consuming single-use plastics.
CerealJello t1_ixv2ll9 wrote
I'd love to end recycling and have twice per week trash pickup instead.
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