Many plastic items that Americans put in their recycling bins aren’t being recycled at all, according to a major new survey of hundreds of recycling facilities across the US.
GovJVentura Same problem in China, germany, uk, Japan and Australia and Canada
GovJVentura It’s everywhere,here in Scotland we recycle into four large bins,paper,plastic/metal,general waste/garden/food waste, we sort it all out only for our local council to collect it and dump it to landfill 😡 materials are not being recycled as it’s too expensive 😡
LotharBirkner Burn it
ClimateCrisis ClimateAction Recycling, the big Lie!
Unsurprising. Americans deliver food in plastic boxes as thick as Tooperware. Obscene levels of plastic consumption and waste.
Maybe developed a biodegradable plastic? No? Yes?
In 1999 I visited WorldBank for WDR ‘Poverty’ report preparation. Extraordinary that my lunch in WB canteen was served on plastic w plastic k,f,s - 20 yrs later they’ve learned nothing. Shameful! Pathetic!
Disturbing.
balberlin 1) this was conducted by greenpeace, who can not be trusted to be objective. 2) landfills are not pipes and they do not get “clogged”.
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