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pandr32

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5. From what I am learning--plastic recycling is a myth

Reply to mdbl (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 31, 2021, 07:04 AM

Mar 2021

The numbers we see for recycling plastic include the plastic for recycling we ship away because it is no longer cost productive to recycle here. Some of that gets dumped right in the ocean and some gets forced on other countries and it winds up in giant piles and often they dump it just to be rid of it. It was getting recycled for a while, but then the new plastic pellets are so cheap no-one wants to buy recycled plastic. Many places were burning it--another pollution and health problem.
It is no longer collected for recycling where we live--which may be better.

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Plastic Is Creating an Environmental Justice Crisis [View all] Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 OP

For convenience of reference, a couple of recent E&E posts on plastics progree Mar 2021 #1

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Plastics Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #2

Banning plastic bags in grocery stores etc. but the alternatives are worse progree Mar 2021 #3

Our local Publix stores have recycle bins at the entrances mdbl Mar 2021 #4

From what I am learning--plastic recycling is a myth pandr32 Mar 2021 #5