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Re:Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper to Recycle Than Make T... by feet on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:30PM (#34089812)
>Almost all plastic recyclables in the US is shipped to Asia and Africa. It’s simply not profitable to process here.

>90% of river-borne ocean plastic comes from 10 rivers in Asia and Africa

Sounds like it isn't profitable there either, so why are we shipping it

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Re:Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper to Recycle Than Make T... by maria2 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:34PM (#34089840)
It is profitable to recycle plastic if you can pay people a few dollars a day to sort through it all to find the valuable pieces.

China’s change in recycling policy was caused by a documentary on the workers who sift through the countless volumes of plastic waste. It’s quite sad: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZwo6U5YFY

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