Instead, you are required to fight sound bites with more sound bites. Many of the responses below will seem simplistic, but so are the anti-recycling messages they are meant to combat. If you do have the opportunity for a more lengthy response, we have provided good sources of additional information on the last page. Recycling costs too much. Recycling should pay for itself.
Recycling causes pollution.
If you add recycling trucks, you should be able to subtract garbage trucks. Recycling doesn't save trees or other natural resources. Recycling saves these non-renewable resources. Landfilling never saves energy. Recycling prevents habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, and soil erosion associated with logging and mining.