Mayor: Our city faces a difficult environmental problem caused by the enormous ... ...

Mayor: Our city faces a difficult environmental problem caused by the enormous amount of garbage that we must dispose of. Although new recycling projects could greatly reduce this amount, these projects would actually be counterproductive to the goal of minimizing the overall amount of environmental damage. Which one of the following, if true, would most help to resolve the apparent inconsistency in the mayor’s claims about new recycling projects?
(A) The vehicles that pick up materials for recycling create less pollution than would be caused by incinerating those materials.
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*This question is included in Dec 2012 LSAT (PT68): Logical Reasoning B