Assertion: recycling | /r/CapableOf | waste resource
Facets:
value: than using virgin materials
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Some critics wondered if, far from being an environmental panacea, recycling is actually a giant placebo that makes us feel virtuous but wastes both money and resources.
text: That means that “recycling,” when you add on the fuel costs and pollution impact of collecting small quantities of the stuff from neighborhoods, actually uses more energy, and wastes more resources, than using virgin materials.