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I'm keeping "don't you know?" mood > Coca-Cola to switch to 100% rPET > December 2019 - in Sweden > October 2020 - in the Netherlands > first half of 2021 -

I'm keeping "don't you know?" mood > Coca-Cola to switch to 100% rPET > December 2019 - in Sweden > October 2020 - in the Netherlands > first half of 2021 - in Norway [1] Meanwhile > Coca-Cola currently has an average of 20% rPET in bottles sold in California. But > California will make it mandatory for plastic bottles to contain 50% recycled content by 2030. [2] [1] https://www.cocacolaep.com/media/news/2020/coca-cola-in-western-europe-transitions-to-100-recycled-plastic-rpet-bottles-in-two-more-markets/ https://www.cocacolaep.com/media/news/2020/coca-cola-in-west... [2] https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2020/10/02/California-s-50-rPET-plastic-bottle-goal-Coca-Cola-Nestle-respond https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2020/10/02/California-...

ShinTakuya 6y ago
When I was living in Japan and shared a homestay with an American fellow from Missouri, it shocked me that he would throw all his recyclables in the general rubbish. As an Australian, despite how my country isn't the best in that field, I've always taken recycling seriously (even with the more challenging rules in Japan). It took him a while before the Japanese host and I could train him to recycle properly. It's not like he wasn't a decent guy, he just wasn't used to it. It made me wonder if recycling just wasn't a big thing in the US, and to hear that California, as a more liberal state, is still on 20% seems to confirm that.
- Skunkleton 6y ago
  It definitely isn’t a big thing here. It’s made worse by the fact that our recycling infrastructure is generally inadequate.
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  Part of the problem is that recycling is a state-by-state thing, and some states will simply never care about recycling. When I was growing up in NYC recycling was even part of the curriculum, but there were definitely contexts in which recycling was difficult (for example, sidewalks usually had street garbage cans, but not street recycling cans)
- marmaduke 6y ago
  Maybe you haven’t seen those trash bins with two holes, one for recyclables and one for general rubbish, and they both empty into the same bag?
  - ShinTakuya 6y ago
    I've seen those in other countries too, actually. My random optimistic theory is that the designer of such bins is trying to "train" people into recycling before the local government entity offers proper recycling infrastructure. But the reality is probably just that they want to look "green" without doing the hard part.
- chapium 6y ago
  Missouri has shockingly bad recycling service, so it doesn't surprise me. Before I lived there I meticulously separated recylables but soon adopted the local habit. (St Louis. Kansas City has pretty decent service in this respect)
- fomine3 6y ago
  Actually some plastics are not worth for recycling so some local gov finally firing it. (plastics work for fuel)

ShinTakuya 6y ago

When I was living in Japan and shared a homestay with an American fellow from Missouri, it shocked me that he would throw all his recyclables in the general rubbish. As an Australian, despite how my country isn't the best in that field, I've always taken recycling seriously (even with the more challenging rules in Japan). It took him a while before the Japanese host and I could train him to recycle properly. It's not like he wasn't a decent guy, he just wasn't used to it. It made me wonder if recycling just wasn't a big thing in the US, and to hear that California, as a more liberal state, is still on 20% seems to confirm that.

Skunkleton 6y ago
It definitely isn’t a big thing here. It’s made worse by the fact that our recycling infrastructure is generally inadequate.
bobthepanda 6y ago
Part of the problem is that recycling is a state-by-state thing, and some states will simply never care about recycling. When I was growing up in NYC recycling was even part of the curriculum, but there were definitely contexts in which recycling was difficult (for example, sidewalks usually had street garbage cans, but not street recycling cans)
marmaduke 6y ago
Maybe you haven’t seen those trash bins with two holes, one for recyclables and one for general rubbish, and they both empty into the same bag?
- ShinTakuya 6y ago
  I've seen those in other countries too, actually. My random optimistic theory is that the designer of such bins is trying to "train" people into recycling before the local government entity offers proper recycling infrastructure. But the reality is probably just that they want to look "green" without doing the hard part.
chapium 6y ago
Missouri has shockingly bad recycling service, so it doesn't surprise me. Before I lived there I meticulously separated recylables but soon adopted the local habit. (St Louis. Kansas City has pretty decent service in this respect)
fomine3 6y ago
Actually some plastics are not worth for recycling so some local gov finally firing it. (plastics work for fuel)