Algore, recycle this

One of my pet peeves is the effing recycling bin. I've always thought that recycling was just another bullshit scam perpetrated by liberal administrations as an experiment in the obedience of the ignorant masses. I hate it. I am dragged kicking and screaming every time I have to do it. Occasionally, I'll throw away bottles and cans just to assert my God-given right as an American to do what I want to do. So it was with glee that I read this piece via National Review's The Corner:

Peter Jones suggested that an "urgent" review of Labour's policy on recycling was needed to make sure the collection, transportation and processing of recyclable material was not causing a net increase in greenhouse gases.

Mr Jones, a former director of the waste firm Biffa and now an adviser to environment ministers and the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, also dismissed kerbside recycling collections in many areas as "stupid" because they mixed together different materials, rendering them useless for recycling.

He suggested that much of the country's waste should simply be burnt to generate electricity.

"It might be that the global warming impact of putting material through an incinerator five miles down the road is actually less than recycling it 3,000 miles away," he said. [My emphasis]

Earth to liberals: your theories are cracking up, just like your heads...

Posted by George Moneo at January 31, 2009 09:57 PM