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Is recycling a scam?
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Depends a lot on the material, and your location. Paper recycling, mostly legit. Metal, probably. Plastic, unlikely.
Metal: definately.
Metal has been commonly recycled since the days of the village blacksmith.
There is a commercial buyer of scrap metal in every city of any significant size, and has been for longer than the word "recycling" has been in daily use by the general public.
Some day I'll meet this Nate guy. I guess he's hard of hearing?
Paper recycling unfortunately makes the problem worse than just sequestering the carbon in a landfill. :(