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The economics of recycling is based on booming consumerism.

Economic alarms sounding for recycling industry

After years of steadily rising prices for recovered plastics, bottles, paper, aluminium and cardboard the bottom's fallen out of the market; drops of 30, 40, 50, and even 80 per cent are common.

The demand from China has shrunk to the point where the cost of exporting is now exceeding the value of some of the materials.

The pity is, once good habits are broken, they are unlikely to return.
I'm not sure tax payers will pay more for recycling services and, if it's lost, how will the Affluenza society deal with their crap?

Landfill! Incineration!