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Those are not at all better. They're mixed materials. Much harder to "recycle," in practice even if collected, usually just burned.
by LaGrange 8y ago
Those are not at all better. They're mixed materials. Much harder to "recycle," in practice even if collected, usually just burned.
- Dylan16807 8y agoNot-recycled paper is an improvement over not-recycled plastic. The coating I don't know.
- kmarc 8y agoProblem is, it's not paper. It's called [Tetra pack][1], and contains both paper, plastic and metal. Physical separation is virtually impossible (at scale), chemical separation is very environment-unfriendly. Unfortunately in Switzerland it is dumped to trash; in Easter-Europe it is collected for separation though. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra_Pak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra_Pak