Tim Worstall nails a nice one here.

MPs are moaning that the amount of textile waste (ie old clothes) in council tips has shot up. This, they say, shows that we are becoming addicted to wasteful throw-away fashion.

Except that it doesn’t.

If we recycle lots more glass/paper/plastic/cardboard away from council tips as we are enjoined to do, obviously the proportion of everything else left in council tips which is not so recycled will rise, possibly even if we are throwing away less of it.

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