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Thesis: Recycling has historically been known to be good and effective,…

- - - - Rebuttal: There are better ways to recycle, like having separate programs to recycle certain items, rather than one large program.
        
        Evidence #1: “Food compost is messier than paper and plastic containers; it can attract vermin in ways glass bottles, for example, might not.” (Source #4)
        
        Evidence #2: The curbside composting program in New York allowed residents to separate food from their trash. (Source #4)
        
        Evidence #3: There are over 100 communities in the United States to have a food-recycling pickup program (Source #4)
- - - - Evidence #1: o An enforcement program in a New York county resulted in New York achieving one of their highest recycling rates ever, generating millions of dollars in revenue due to the production of more clean materials. (Source #7)
      - “We have people working on the frontline who can be impacted by decisions people make about what to put in recycling or trash.” – Anne Germain, Vice President of technical and regulatory affairs for the National Waste and Recycling Association (Source #7)
- - - - Evidence #1: “Recycling one ton of paper saves seventeen trees and seven thousand gallons of water.” (Source #10)