Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit...
by wombatmobile on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:22PM
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Every household in Australia has a yellow recycling bin that is collected every fortnight. Given that this article tells us there is no way to recycle plastic, what actually happens to all the trillions of plastic containers that pass through these yellow bins?
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Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit...
by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:00AM
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This was in the news back in 2018, and at the time I think local councils were instead sending plastics to landfill.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/malaysia-bans-waste-import...
I’m not sure how the situation has changed since.
More here: http://environment.gov.au/protection/waste/how-we-manage-was...
Re:The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered wit...
by dwighttk on Saturday July 31, 2021 @10:46PM
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Relevant Dilbert
https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-08-16