Editor: The city' s previous recycling program, which featured pickup of recyclables every other week, was too costly  The city claims that its new program, which features weekly pickup, will be more cost effective, since the greater the volume of recyclables collected per year, the more revenue the city gains from selling the recyclables  But this is absurd
People will put out the same volume of recyclables overall; it will just be spread out over a greater number of pickups
Even if the volume of collected recyclables increases, that increase might not be enough to make the recycling program cost effective.