discimus@mander.xyz to zerowaste@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days agoCups tossed in recycling bins at Massachusetts Starbucks tracked to incinerators, Alabama landfillwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkCups tossed in recycling bins at Massachusetts Starbucks tracked to incinerators, Alabama landfillwww.cbsnews.comdiscimus@mander.xyz to zerowaste@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·17 days agoSome plastics have reasonable recyclability. A major part of the issue is contaminants: most consumer goods are very thin with lots of surface area, from dirty uses like food/drink handling. Lots of surface area for stuff to stick to, very little plastic recovered at the end of it.
Some plastics have reasonable recyclability.
A major part of the issue is contaminants: most consumer goods are very thin with lots of surface area, from dirty uses like food/drink handling. Lots of surface area for stuff to stick to, very little plastic recovered at the end of it.