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Re:The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling by maxerickson on Thursday June 20, 2024 @10:30AM (#40739186)
My landfill has mixed stream recycling that they sort and sell, because it's cheaper to sort it than it is to put it into the on site landfill.

Is the theory that someone is paying them for the sorted, baled plastic, trucking it elsewhere and then putting it into a landfill?

Re:The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling by SoftTalker on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:15PM (#40740362)
Depending on the markets, you sometimes have to pay to get a recycler to take your plastic. At that point it's a choice based on whether the landfill fees are cheaper (sometimes they are).