Two of this article's sources are John Tierney who has had it out against recycling since the 90s, and has written other anti-environmentalist pieces, including a hit piece on Rachel Carson in 2007 that sang the praises of DDT spraying in third world countries [1]. For a takedown of the FUD in that one see [2].

Simply put if this author trusts Tierney it's a reason not to trust this author.

1 - https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/science/earth/05tier.html 2 - https://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/06/06/john-tierneys-ba...