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Is Plastic Recycling Just a Big Fraud?

Is Plastic Recycling Just a Big Fraud?

If you put your plastic wastes in your recycling bin, they'll be recycled, right? That's what industry wants you to believe, anyway.

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Jan 14, 2022
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • Evidence suggests plastic recycling efforts can have only a minor impact even under the best of circumstances, since plastic can, at best, be recycled once, due to degradation

  • Since 1950, the world has created 6.3 trillion kilograms of plastic waste, and 91% of it has never been recycled

  • Many recycling facilities cannot process mixed plas…

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