Re:A historian unpacks the origins of our plastic addiction
by ttkari on Friday June 21, 2019 @07:59AM
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60% recycling rate for PET bottles sounds very low compared to the 90% in Finland [1]. The deposit we have on plastic bottles ranges from 0.10€ to 0.40€ depending on the bottle size (the most common 0.5 ltr bottle has a deposit of 0.20€). Cans are recycled at an even higher rate of 95%.
[1] https://www.palpa.fi/beverage-container-recycling/deposit-re...