Re:Chemists tackle the tough challenge of recycling mixed pl...
by userbinator on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:33PM
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but I feel like we'd get so much more return on investment if we spent a fraction of our investments on simple public education.
For a great example of this, look at Japan.
Bags break really expensive machinery regularly and are probably one of the single worst things you could throw away
I've seen dedicated bins just for recycling bags, but as you mentioned, the problem is in educating people to sort plastics correctly.
Of course, reuse comes before recycle, and lots of things that are supposedly "single use" can really be reused instead of buying something else, but many people don't even bother to think.
Re:Chemists tackle the tough challenge of recycling mixed pl...
by rjsw on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @05:30AM
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In the UK, supermarkets have bins for recycling plastic bags. Not just shopping bags, plenty of plastic packaging is labelled "recycle at supermarket".
For a great example of this, look at Japan.
Bags break really expensive machinery regularly and are probably one of the single worst things you could throw away
I've seen dedicated bins just for recycling bags, but as you mentioned, the problem is in educating people to sort plastics correctly.
Of course, reuse comes before recycle, and lots of things that are supposedly "single use" can really be reused instead of buying something else, but many people don't even bother to think.