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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by konjin on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:29AM (#24715806)
There is more than one form of pollution. This is like complaining about aicd from an Uranium mine. True but hardly the biggest issue.
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Re:Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling indus... by maxerickson on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:31AM (#24715819)
Yes, that was my point "It requires a lot of harsh chemicals to remove the inks."

Virgin inputs also requires harsh chemicals, there's no advantage.

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