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Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.

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380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.

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Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.

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We have a return scheme, $0.10 for each plastic bottle.

By all reports it’s a pretty good set up. It’s the other types of plastic that are the problem.

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