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> Recycling is a lie for plastics, plastics can not be economically recycled. That is simply not true, just go to most of Europe. In Switzerland 83% of PET bot
by xorfish 7y ago
> Recycling is a lie for plastics, plastics can not be economically recycled.
That is simply not true, just go to most of Europe. In Switzerland 83% of PET bottles get recycled. 0% ends up directly in landfills.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fact-check_is-switzerland-the-world-champion-of-recycling/42382610 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fact-check_is-switzerland-the-w...
- forgotmypw3 7y agoHow much of the plastic packaging is PET?
- xorfish 7y agoFor bottles it is probably the majority. Followed by glas for beer and wine and aluminum cans. For the rest, plastic contains a good amount of energy. You can burn it and recover some energy from it. It also reduces the volume of the waste by 80%.