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World Service,3 mins

Is recycling always the right thing to do?

The Inquiry

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We recycle because it makes us feel good - but it could make us more wasteful. Monic Sun, associate professor of marketing at Boston University, ran an experiment around how we behave when recycling is possible and made a surprising discovery. Photo: A girl recycling a plastic cup Credit: Getty Images

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