Is Recycling as Awful as The New York Times Claims? Not Remotely

Former New York Times op-ed columnist John Tierney took to the front page of the Times’ Sunday Review this week to decry “The Reign of Recycling.”  The article has, naturally, drawn praise from libertarian and conservative outlets such as Reason magazine and the American Enterprise Institute.

Tierney selectively and dishonestly presents evidence to argue that mandatory recycling programs cost more than they are worth.  He writes as if he were just a dispassionate arbiter of common sense, but his analysis is laden with questionable value judgments.  His case is at best ideological, at worst nonsensical.

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