Does recycling make the garbage 100% go away or reuse or is there still pollution caused?

Question

People buy plastic bottles saying "I'll just recycle it, and there will be no problem". Is this true? Give some reasons why recycling isn't always good.

Answer 1

Energy will be used to turn the recycled material into new usable material, so a small amount of pollution will be caused because of this energy. However this will always be less than the impact of throwing it into landfill and making a new one from raw materials; otherwise it wouldnt be done.

I believe there is a certain type of plastic for which the energy/ pollution used to recycle it is more than is saved, so it is not viable and is classified as non-recyclable

Answer 2

cant you be positive!?  geez ur depresing to me no offense.