GOP congressional candidate calls single-stream recycling a ‘sham’

(The Center Square) – Republican congressional candidate Angel Oakley says much of the material Americans place in recycling bins ultimately ends up in landfills, arguing the current single-stream recycling system is misleading taxpayers and consumers. Oakley said contamination in single-stream recycling – where plastics, glass, paper and metal are combined in one bin – often makes materials unusable for recyc…