Why Texas Cities Will Stop Recycling

"Curbside recycling, which began almost a decade ago with great fanfare and promise, will quietly end next month in the last city in this corner of Texas to recycle cans, paper and other refuse. In the end, said Clean Community Director John Labrie, it is five times cheaper to just bury the trash than to recycle it. The recycling program became a victim of a budget crunch that had City Hall looking hard at every expense."