• frazorth@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    It’s all being recycled into new products

    I’m afraid its not. There are many plastics that don’t have any method of recycling, and plently more that require specific machinery for their “one time” recycling that just isn’t being used.commercially.

    when it comes to plastic bottles for example, close to 100% of them are returned and recycled into new bottles

    Even the PET bottles can only go through the process once or twice before becoming too degraded. That’s not even taking into account that most manufacturers want white or clear plastic, and recycled does not work that way.

    The separation and recycling that you do is mostly gaslighting and green washing.