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Plastic recycling isn't. It's just a scheme to move the waste somewhere else (China) and make Westerners feel good about not having to change their wasteful lif
by justinator 8y ago
Plastic recycling isn't. It's just a scheme to move the waste somewhere else (China) and make Westerners feel good about not having to change their wasteful lifestyles.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17368168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17368168
- mc32 8y agoThat explains some but not the nile or ganges, mekong, etc. China is “good” about dumping compared to others outside NE Asia.
- justinator 8y agoI don't disagree that the recycling infrastructure isn't there, just that it doesn't do anything, except ship plastic from landfills in the west, to landfills in the east. Since the infrastructure isn't there for these developing countries, it goes not into landfills anywhere, but into the oceans.