This Utah school district is cutting back its recycling programs because they got too expensive

It’s more expensive to recycle an empty Pepsi bottle than it is to throw it in the trash. And Weber School District in northern Utah can no longer afford it.The school district announced this week that, because of rising costs, it would be cutting back recycling efforts at all 50 of its schools and office buildings. Paper is still OK. Cardboard, too.But no more aluminum cans or plastics or mixed materials.“It really came down to a financial decision — a very unpopular one,&rdqu