I would like links to all the facts that you present. I was under the impression that recycling is essential and will continue to believe this and recycle, for that matter until I will be provided with evidence to the contrary. I can not imagine that it is cheaper to deal with mixed up waste than it is to deal with papers, plastic, and regular waste. I also can not imagine why it wouldn’t be a good idea for many businesses to use recycled materials for their products as they do nowadays. I’ve never done it for jobs in the recycling industry and completely do not agree that ‘we’ (who’s we? america? the world?) have MORE trees than we used to. And finally, last time I checked there was no hysteria going on around recycling – I can hardly convince my family and work place to separate paper out.