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Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by jxramos on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:44PM (#28213366)
the problem is the recycling triangle that's imprinted on the containers, the one's showing the material code on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_codes. Somewhere along the line the recycle triangle had become synonymous with recyclable, but what didn't get communicated is that only certain codes paired with that triangle are actually recyclable.
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Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by soco on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:12PM (#28214316)
So they use the recycling logo to indicate the material, NOT that it's recyclable. I wonder which genius came up with this idea...
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Re:Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in... by hakfoo on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:33AM (#28218045)
I think that's a doomed plan. It varies from city to city, and even over time based on what they can contract to unload.

They try to relay changes, but the messaging is incredibly spotty. At one point they were saying "plastic containers where the mouth is wider than the base" or something like that, rather than even trying to use the plastic codes.

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