Here's food for thought: Before the recycling fad started up, we had one garbage truck driving around our streets every week. Since the environmental advocates pushed the recycling agenda, we now have two trucks per week -- the extra being dedicated to collecting goods for recycling.
Most trees used in the production of paper are planted solely for the purpose of being used in the manufacturing process. The more we use recycled paper, the less trees are planted to produce new paper. Pine forests are essentially a renewable resource.
Recycling paper produces more toxic byproducts than producing paper from pine forests. The process of paper recycling involves de-inking; which involves various toxic chemicals. Think about how these chemicals are disposed of after they've been used.
But it's not just recycling paper that's bad for the environment. Recycling glass uses more energy and more water than producing glass from scratch. And it's not like there's any shortage of the raw materials to produce glass from scratch. Approximately 20% of the entire earth's crust is composed of silicon dioxide, the main material used in glass.
So the next time an environmental extremist preaches about recycling, tell them their practises increase global warming and are bad for the environment. Throw your glass bottles and paper in the trash in pride. All the extra energy and resources consumed simply contributes to global warming; not to mention the toxic byproducts of the recycling processes.