Plastic Recycling Is Nearly Impossible — and Getting Worse. the amount of plastic recycled dropped to a new low of between 5-6%, as recycling companies greenwash consumers, promising to recycle plastics because it's politically correct.

chadwickofwv · 2022-12-21T17:05:58+00:00

There are very few scenarios where recycling plastic is reasonable, and at least 90% of those are part of initial production.

Questionable · 2022-12-22T20:59:14+00:00

I only recycle metals and glass. I would recycle cardboards and papers, but since it goes in the same bin now days, it will end up to dirty to use.

Waste to energy plants are very old tech. And has always been right way to go for plastics and general trash.

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