I’ve been suggesting this might be true for a long time. Glad to see someone has perhaps done the study.
I’m married to a true believer of recycling and sorting trash that is most likely hauled off in separate trucks to the same landfill.
“He argues we should spend our “mental budget for thinking about the Earth on more high-impact changes,” like carbon taxes on major polluters and nuclear energy”
Don’t miss that part. This guy is not a good guy.
Locally, a very large chemical copany and a very large waste disposal company joined up to develop an extensive recycling capability. The minds of both companies are very capable. Their resources are huge.
They constructed a fairly large facility to receive both city and county recycled wastes. The effort lasted about 5 years before it was abandoned.
Recycling is just not feasible.
Oh, carbon taxes... Ef you, OHole.