Plastic Wars: Industry Spent Millions Selling Recycling -- To Sell More Plastic.

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1. I work in plastic recycling

We get quarterly bonuses most quarters. We recycle post consumer and industrial plastics. The only time I saw product not selling was when oil was under $30.00/barrel. At such low prices it's cheaper to buy "virgin" plastics. Using recycled plastics requires additional processing due to contamination (wrong type, foreign pieces like wood or cardboard, etc) which adds to the cost. We are in such a market now plus lower demand due to the pandemic.

Normally, we are a healthy and profitable plastic recycling business.