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Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by ars on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:09AM (#26210981)
> recycling is what sends the trash to Asia were it's then tossed in the ocean.

That isn't true (and was never true). Trash in Asia that ends up in the ocean is local trash.

Even back when Asia bought recycling from us there wasn't much trash in it, and even the trash that was there didn't end up in the ocean.

The stuff in the ocean is what litters the streets, and then goes in rivers during rain storms.

Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by stjohnswarts on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:03PM (#26215075)
I tried explaining this a very eager green friend of mine and he would have none of it, he preferred blaming the USA on every bad thing going on in the world. Even Asian garbage being dumped in the ocean.