Question

If you are writing an essay in favor of mandatory neighborhood recycling, which is a counterargument you might anticipate? Municipal landfills are overflowing with trash. People should determine for themselves what to throw away. Recycling is expensive and causes pollution.

Answer 1

People should determine for themselves what to throw away.

In my opinion, that argument is always thrown up "we have the right to throw away whatever we want." People are always advocating the freedom of doing whatever they want these days. 

The first counterargument "Municipal landfills are overflowing with trash" would help your cause. It would show people that they're throwing away too much trash.

The last counterargument "Recycling is expensive and causes pollution" is an absurd statement and is not based on any fact.