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Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit... by sokoloff on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:08PM (#28019340)
Given how prevalent and light they are, I suspect some of “your” bags have actually ended up as pollution (blowing out of trucks, being mis-managed in waste processing, or otherwise escaping the system that you dutifully turned them over to).

It’s not like all the trash out in the ocean was dropped off a boat by the original users.

Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit... by noxer on Sunday August 01, 2021 @07:36AM (#28025558)
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28025410

Even if blew out of the the garbage truck (which is not possible they are closed) it would just end up on the street which is then cleaned with another truck or washed into the sewerage collected and disposed. There is no feasible way that my properly disposed trash would end up in the environment. Even if I would dump it somewhere in the woods it likely will gets cleaned up and properly disposed within weeks if its anywhere near civilization. I would need to find a large river so the trash has a realistic chance to reach the ocean. Its completely absurd.