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Why I stopped recycling plastics after talking to a sorting plant worker
Met a guy named Mike at the county recycling center in Austin last month. He told me only about 9% of plastic actually gets recycled because most of it is too contaminated or the wrong type. He said they just dump the rest in the landfill anyway. Has anyone else looked into what your local facility actually accepts beyond the basic symbols?
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ivancoleman16d ago
Wait, isn't 9% basically the same success rate as my attempts to meal prep on Sundays? I just end up eating sad leftovers by Tuesday anyway.
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joseph_lewis9215d ago
Man that's just a stat, doesn't mean much in real life.
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