TLDR: > 91 percent of potentially recyclable plastic in the U.S. ended up in landfills – or worse, in the oceans. > Yes, trash has become complicated > Even

TLDR: > 91 percent of potentially recyclable plastic in the U.S. ended up in landfills – or worse, in the oceans. > Yes, trash has become complicated > Even if consumer participation in recycling were 100 percent, we wouldn’t be close to recycling 100 percent of the material [...] > [...] nearly all current “recyclable” plastics [...] get a second life as a handbag or lawn chair [...]. They’re not really recycled so much as “downcycled.”