What does it hurt? I guess that depends on your prospective.

For target ranges that clean up and dump thousands of pounds of wad cups in landfills because no company wants to buy them and clean them for recycling, it means that they can become less of a contributer to the waste stream.

For duck clubs, it means that the build up over the years in their soil won't be an issue in the future.

The plastic by itself isn't toxic but doesn't leave the soil for decades which depending on your prospective, may or may not be a problem.

Unlike you when I duck hunted a lot, I saw a lot of wad cups and shot shells laying everywhere, on public and private ground. Although I didn't see any obvious adverse effects on wildlife those places looked like trash piles and I wondered where all that crap would end up.

I appreciate your response and you are definitely entitled to your opinion.

I am curious as to what "green" iniatives you think have merit? (comment from your first reply)

I am always looking for new ways to help the plastic producers of the world.