A higher state fee also would make the cost of recycling more comparable to that of putting trash in landfills and could provide more reason to recycle. But Lynn Morgan, a spokeswoman for Waste Management, said it makes no sense to raise the taxes of Wisconsin residents in order to make recycling look more cost effective. That's just muddy thinking. But, recycling supporters say, those landfills would be filling up and expanding faster if there were no statewide recycling program. The answer is no.
Recycling is a bigger industry than agriculture in Wisconsin.
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