¿QUERÉIS FRENAR el calentamiento global? Pues no recicléis, que es peor:

[T]hinking about recycling of goods and manufacturers taking them back, it sounds good again but ...



- The goods to be recycled have to be collected and transported to the recycling point, meaning energy is used and fuel burnt.

- The goods have to be un-manufactured, meaning more energy is used.

- The recovered components have to be collected, sorted, stored and transported to wherever they are going to be re-used, meaning more energy use.



Looked at this way recycling is no way to reduce global warming. In fact, by increasing energy use, it worsens it.

(via Transterrestrial Musings)