Recycling garbage is good or not

Nowadays, many people concern about the garbage we threw can bring serious pollution. Finding a method to deal with the garbage is very important. Recycling seems to be one of the best solutions, however, there exist many argues about recycling garbage.
Recycling garbage can help factory saves energy. The EIA (Energy Information Administration) states that “a paper mill uses 40 percent less energy to make paper from recycled paper than it does to make paper from fresh lumber.” Critics often argue that in the overall processes, it can take more energy to produce recycled products than it does to dispose of them in traditional landfill methods.
It is difficult to determine the exact amount of energy consumed in waste disposal processes. How much energy is used in recycling depends largely on the type of material being recycled and the process used to do so. Aluminum is generally agreed to use far less energy when recycled rather than being produced from scratch. The EPA states that “recycling aluminum cans, for example, save 95 percent of the energy required to make the same amount of aluminum from its virgin source.”
Recycling garbage can help government save more money. The amount of money actually saved through recycling is proportional to the efficiency of the recycling program used to do it. The institute for local self-reliance argues that the cost of recycling depends on various factors around a community that recycles, such as landfill fees and the amount of disposal that the community recycles. It states that communities start to save money when they treat recycling as a replacement for their traditional waste system rather than an add-on to it and by "redesigning their collection schedules or trucks."
In many cases the cost of recyclable materials also exceeds the cost of raw materials. Virgin plastic resin costs 40% less than recycled resin. Additionally, an EPA study that tracked the price of clear cullet from July 15 to August 2, 1991, found that the average cost per ton ranged from $40 to $60, while a report shows that the cost per ton of raw silica sand from years 1993 to 1997 fell between $17.33 and $18.10.
Recycling garbage can save trees. In a 1990 recycling awareness pamphlet the EPA stated, "Every ton of paper recovered for recycling saves 17 trees from being cut down to make new paper." However, Economist Steven Landsburg has claimed that paper recycling actually reduces tree populations. He argues that because paper companies have incentives to replenish the forests they own, large demands for paper lead to large forests. Conversely, reduced demand for paper leads to fewer "farmed" forests.