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Every household in Australia has a yellow recycling bin that is collected every fortnight. Given that this article tells us there is no way to recycle plastic,
by wombatmobile 5y ago
Every household in Australia has a yellow recycling bin that is collected every fortnight. Given that this article tells us there is no way to recycle plastic, what actually happens to all the trillions of plastic containers that pass through these yellow bins?
- dwighttk 5y agoRelevant Dilbert https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-08-16 https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-08-16
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y agoThis was in the news back in 2018, and at the time I think local councils were instead sending plastics to landfill. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/malaysia-bans-waste-imports-as-australia-battles-recycling-crisis-20181019-p50atm.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/malaysia-bans-waste-import... I’m not sure how the situation has changed since. More here: http://environment.gov.au/protection/waste/how-we-manage-waste/national-waste-policy http://environment.gov.au/protection/waste/how-we-manage-was...