example if we recycle one million computers it keeps the same amount of greenhouse out of the environment to taking 16,000 cars off the road. Also more people are realizing that recycling is worth it. For example, in 2009 the average human recycled 325 pounds of paper a year, or 824 pounds per household.
The Negatives
Now that we know there are benefits, it is time to explore the negatives to recycling. To begin with, an estimated seventy percent of the money spent on recycling is spent on manual labor. I believe that this is ridiculous and we should spend less money on manual labor for recycling. Also, more money is spent collecting the recyclables, then sending them to companies to process. For example, New Jersey lost anywhere from one hundred twenty dollars to four hundred fourteen dollars. Continuing on, people also argue recycling is more destructive than dumping the same material in landfills. Next, recycling causes more trucks to be on the road causing more pollution. Those are just a few negatives about recycling, and I believe there maybe a few more.
My Opinion
After studying all these facts about negatives and positives of recycling I feel that the recycling positives outweigh the negatives. I feel this because even if recycling may cost more it saves landfill space. For example let’ s say we didn ' t recycle then the U. S. A. Would be a total wasteland full of trash. Also if we didn’ t recycle the incinerators would be used a lot more and the air would be a lot more polluted.