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Just a small fraction - way less that 1/3 - can be used in recycling and it makes the resulting plastic a lot weaker and limited in uses.
I would imagine for something like plastic for food or water bottles might need to be new.
and then there are prions:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/prions-ar...
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Just a small fraction - way less that 1/3 - can be used in recycling and it makes the resulting plastic a lot weaker and limited in uses.
I would imagine for something like plastic for food or water bottles might need to be new.
and then there are prions:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/prions-ar...