Garbage In, Garbage Out.(John Tierney's article "Recycling is garbage")(Brief Article)

Publication: The American Prospect

Publication Date: 10-SEP-01

Bookmark this article Print this article Link to this article Email this article Digg It! Add to del.icio.us RSS

COPYRIGHT 2001 The American Prospect, Inc.

JOHN TIERNEY'S BEST-KNOWN PIECE, "Recycling Is Garbage," was somewhat recycled itself. The piece drew heavily on the work of a number of anti-recycling think tanks, among them the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, and the Waste Policy Center. These groups are heavily subsidized by industry. As Richard A. Denison and John F. Ruston of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) pointed out in their rebuttal of Tierney's article, "Many of the corporations that fund the anti-recyclers have a direct economic stake in maintaining the waste management status quo and in minimizing consumers' scrutiny of the environmental effects of products and packaging."

Tierney was cautious to include disclaimers in "Recycling Is Garbage,"...

Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.