Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve

Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by slavik81 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @02:38PM (#17410651)

I'm pretty careful about following my city's recyling guidelines, but I don't think recycling is always the right way to handle a material. It doesn't neccessary solve the problems you mentioned.

Improperly sorted plastics are burried in a landfill. They will not fill the ocean with plastic whether recycled or trashed. Global warming is mostly a matter of energy usage, so recycling only helps that when it's more energy-efficient than the alternative.

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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by Reason077 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @03:20PM (#17410978)

The fact that beaches around the world are covered in huge quantities of washed up plastic suggests that someone, somewhere is dumping an awful lot of it into the ocean. (And not just in Asia)

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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by sjg007 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @04:54PM (#17411784)

It's mostly Asia dumping.

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