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"One question is what is the price to create this new plastic" You actually hit the nail on the head better than I did. Virgin resin is cheaper than recycled p
by newswriter99 7y ago
"One question is what is the price to create this new plastic"
You actually hit the nail on the head better than I did. Virgin resin is cheaper than recycled plastic. Which means that manufacturers have an incentive to buy fresh plastic pellets over more-costly recycled material (which is usually of inferior quality anyway).
That's why lots of products you see will say "made from X% recycled parts". A bottle that's 100% recycled just sucks compared to a fresh one.
(edited for punctuation)