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.
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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