Trashing Taxpayers

A recent article in today’s New York Times details the perils of an industry that is greatly impacted and propped up by government regulations: the recycling industry. Recycling, like any business, it has its up and downs. Prices for recyclables can vary widely from one year to the next, making the industry more or less competitive with other disposal options like landfilling. Because recycling has an almost religious following that makes it a politically popular industry, everyone laments when waste goes to a landfill because the recyclables have little value in the marketplace, as is the case today. Continue reading . .