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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by concordDance on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:32AM (#34079830)
If you're putting single use plastic in a non-recycling bin in the developed world its pretty much guaranteed to go to landfill, not the sea. More so than putting it in a recycling bin where they might transport it on a ship to China.
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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by Reason077 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:41AM (#34081278)
In many (most?) European countries the non-recycling bin will go to an incinerator, not landfill.
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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by DocTomoe on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:54AM (#34081440)
Welcome to the developed world (in my case: Germany), where recycling is enforced by ordinances and/or contracts with your waste removal organisation, which will check if you did so properly, and refuse to take your refuse away if they think you have not recycled properly enough.
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