• Canis_76@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    So. We have been making plastic for something like 75 years now. We have been recycling for about half that. Have the recycling plants ramped up to anywhere near the level of plastic production? What precisely is the point of this?

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      None of the garbage companies want to spend money processing/seperating plastics, Doesnt matter how much you ramp up recycling plants if the plastic gets diverted to the dump/incinerators instead cause its cheaper/less cost for the waste company.

      Especially with how cheap plastic is to make from scratch.