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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by andrewksl on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:43PM (#17681351)
I like that idea, but I suspect the big stuff is actually pretty easy to recycle. It's the little bits of plastic and paper that are a problem to sort.
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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling by zaroth on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:15PM (#17681613)
Paper should be sustainably harvested and at least it’s compost.

There are compostable alternatives to single-use plastic which with the right incentives will be adopted across more and more retail/restaurant. My understanding is that those compounds are only really good for single-use and aren’t durable enough to replace plastic in its many many other forms.

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