Re:How Plastics Are Poisoning Us
by hgomersall on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:26AM
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I read PET actually is recycled extensively. I mean, you need to recycle it, but it's economically viable to actually recycle it rather than just make it "someone else's problem".
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Re:How Plastics Are Poisoning Us
by literalAardvark on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:05AM
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Iirc it gets downcycled, not recycled. You can't make bottles out of it anymore, it goes into textiles or something. And that's in the highly optimistic case in which it makes it to a recycling center, which doesn't happen for 80% of plastic.