Newspaper Article - How recycling is wasteful

I read this article in The Straits Times (dated 11 Oct 2015) on recycling. The author argues that recycling costs more money then just using landfills. And that plastics aren't really worth recycling if you look at the dollar value.

I've scanned the article below: 

 

 

 

 

 

 Perhaps I should focus more on recycling paper and aluminum cans, instead of plastic bottles.