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Oh, make no mistake, Japan’s plastic recycling is just like the rest of the world: it was dumped in poorer Asian countries. Most cities burn it now. PET plastic
by fiblye 7y ago
Oh, make no mistake, Japan’s plastic recycling is just like the rest of the world: it was dumped in poorer Asian countries. Most cities burn it now. PET plastic is allegedly recycled, but that’s just a small portion of all plastic.
- blackoil 7y agoIf my understanding is correct, Japanese put lot of emphasis on segregating garbage. So if most plastic is separately collected, who is buying it and for what? Why not simply burn it?
- schuke 7y agoInteresting. So is Japan even more wasteful when their whole society uses so much human and material resources classifying their rubbish?