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Re:Meat tax ‘inevitable’ to beat climate and health crises, ... by matt4077 on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:25AM (#15897563)
Don't spread conspiracies without proof.

Here is, for example, a nice chart showing recycling quotas of >80% for most types of waste: https://www.alba.info/fileadmin/alba/pressemappe/kreislaufwi...

Yeah, that's not the US, which you were probably talking about. But it's proof that it's possible.

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Re:Meat tax ‘inevitable’ to beat climate and health crises, ... by candiodari on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:58AM (#15897810)
Since "recycled" clearly means "shipped to a landfill in China" rather than "re-used", those recycling quotas only mean that we waste extra oil shipping the waste around, and none of it is actually recycled ...
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