Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ...
by smabie on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:47PM
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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
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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.