I saw an episode of "Penn & Tellers BULLSHIT" last night. The show was about the truths and myths of recycling. Is recycling a benefit to the environment and does it save natural resources?

Which ever view you take, one interesting fact popped up: 40% of all of the recycled trash ends up in a landfill site anyways.It turns out that aluminum cans were the only thing that is being recycled at a profit. It simply costs more to recycle paper products than what you can buy wood which was grown on a tree farm for just this purpose.

Using trees as a renewable resource is not only a better bargain it also saves the environment from the chemicals necessary to bleach and process recycled paper. Other recycled products cost more to transport, sort and reprocess than they ever will fetch on the market.