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Re:Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills by maxerickson on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:18AM (#20562106)
Except when it's recycled into the same grade of plastic:

https://www.waste360.com/plastics/look-new-plant-will-produc...

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Re:Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills by o_nate on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:32PM (#20567741)
That is a rather rare case. It's overwhelmingly the case that plastic gets recycled (if at all) into a lower grade and then can't be recycled again.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/24/almost-no-plastic-bottles-ge...

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