pping . ▁Thomas ▁C . ▁K inn aman ▁con cludes ▁that ▁a ▁land fill ▁tax ▁would ▁force ▁consum ers , ▁companies ▁and ▁coun c ils ▁to ▁rec ycle ▁more . ▁ ▁Most ▁free - market ▁think ers ▁det est ▁subs id y ▁and ▁inter vention ▁because ▁they ▁waste ▁resources . ▁Terry ▁Anderson ▁and ▁Donald ▁Le al ▁think ▁that ▁all ▁rec y cling ▁program mes ▁should ▁be ▁priv ately ▁operated , ▁and ▁therefore ▁would ▁only ▁operate ▁if ▁the ▁money ▁saved ▁by ▁rec y cling ▁exceed s ▁its ▁costs . ▁Daniel ▁K . ▁Benjamin ▁arg ues ▁that ▁it ▁was tes ▁people ' s ▁resources ▁and ▁low ers ▁the ▁wealth ▁of ▁a ▁population . ▁ ▁The ▁National ▁W aste ▁& ▁Rec y cling ▁Association ▁( N W RA ) ▁then ▁again ▁reported ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁that ▁rec y cling ▁and ▁waste ▁made ▁a ▁$ 6 . 7 ▁billion ▁economic ▁impact ▁in ▁Ohio , ▁U . S ., ▁and ▁employed ▁ 1 4 , 0 0 0 ▁people . ▁ ▁Trade ▁in ▁rec y cl ates ▁ ▁C ertain ▁countries ▁trade ▁in ▁un process ed ▁rec y cl ates . ▁Some ▁have ▁compla ined ▁that ▁the ▁ult imate ▁fate ▁of ▁rec y cl ates ▁sold ▁to ▁another ▁country ▁is ▁unknown ▁and ▁they ▁may ▁end ▁up ▁in ▁land fill s ▁instead ▁of ▁being ▁re process ed . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁report , ▁in ▁America , ▁ 5 0 – 8 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁computers ▁dest ined ▁for ▁rec y cling ▁are ▁actually ▁not