Prices for recycled raw materials have crashed in recent years. Our local recycling program is actually LOSING MONEY on everything but aluminum.
But the feel-good virtue signalers continue to run the mandated program at a loss.
It’s long been known that the only thing worth recycling is aluminum.
curbside recycling is a mental illness, industrial recycling, of certain things, like aluminum makes perfect sense.
Last summer, I had my house re-sided. Even though I had a 40 yard dumpster, I took the old aluminum to a recycling center and for about $200 for it. I never considered any of the other waste from the project.