Plastic Recycling Rates Drop As 76% Ends Up in Landfills

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[–]Tarrock 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

One of the major problems is restrictions on what's recyclable. At home I can't recycle green or black plastics, and a work, they don't want anything that isn't a bottle or container.

[–]yayblueberries 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I've moved a lot in the past few years and I don't mean from apartment to apartment in the same little area. The petty changes from place to place in what can and cannot be recycled were so ridiculous that I almost gave up caring - fortunately the bin at my current house has a detailed list of what CAN go in there and what should NOT. The last municipality did not even have a convenient hand-out or PDF on their webpage detailing what they do and do not accept, and accordingly, the friends I was staying with threw everything in the garbage instead.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

These coloured plastic are legitimately difficult to recycle. Ready meal trays are only black or other colours because marketing departments thought their customers wouldn't like to see cold food sloshing around in clear packaging. They can all be made clear and easier to recycle, it's only just starting to happen.