Recycling is an important part of the United States’ initiative to help control the large amount of solid waste that is produced every day. There is no country wide law for recycling, so states must take it upon themselves to encourage citizens to recycle with requirements that the local government creates. But critics say that mandatory recycling actually “wastes more resources than it saves”. It used to be that it cost more money for cities to recycle than to just throw everything in a landfill. But as technology progressed, some cities such as Fort Worth were even making a profit off recycling. Recycling is one of the responsibilities we all must take unto ourselves so we can ensure a clean future of the generations to come.