Recycling / Viqi Wagner, book editor. - Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, 2009. - 152 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Issues that concern you . - Issues that concern you. .

Benefits of recycling outweigh the costs / Costs of recycling outweigh the benefits / Recycling is better for the environment / Recycling is bad for the environment / Electronic waste is a major recycling problem / Recyclers and governments are tackling the e-waste problem / Curbside recycling increases when people do not have to sort their trash / Curbside recycling works better when people presort their trash / Curbside recycling increases in pay-as-you-throw communities / Forced recycling programs do not work / Bottle bills are a great incentive to recycle / Bottle bills are a poor incentive to recycle / Plastic bags are better than paper / Plastic bags are a recycling nightmare / Reducing and reusing is better than recycling / Economist -- Michael Munger -- Adam Beazley -- Allan L. Griff -- Elizabeth Grossman -- Andrew K. Burger -- Susan Kinsella -- Brian Taylor -- Janice Canterbury and Sue Eisenfeld -- Per Bylund -- Jenny Gitlitz and Pat Franklin -- Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association -- Skaidra Smith-Heisters -- Katharine Mieszkowski -- Melissa M. Ezarik.

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Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Social aspects.