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A friend of mine doesn't recycle because (he claims) it takes more energy to recycle and thus is more harmful to the environment than the harm in simply throwing recyclables, e.g. glass bottles, in the trash, and recycling is largely tokenism capitalized. Is this true???

by /u/ceramicfiver in /r/askscience

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