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Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by ehnto on Saturday February 20, 2021 @09:12PM (#26210215)
Depends on your local council. Recycling is a very local issue, and so it's something communities can and should tackle head on.

But you are right, the amount of councils sending recycling to landfill is very sad.

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Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by smabie on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:47PM (#26210882)
Why is it sad? Why does plastic need to be recycled?
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Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by EGreg on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:32AM (#26211081)
Here are some reasons:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/plastic-garbage-flip-fl...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180426-why-plastics-are...

https://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/microplastics-f...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ocean-plastic-liberals-fact...

And it's only going to get worse unless we do something about it. Recycling is far worse than just taxing negative externalities and making the companies upstream use biodegradeable materials.

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