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> The one I personally want everyone to take away is that most plastics are not recycled. This seems likely, but the one thing I can't understand is: if they a
by leereeves 5y ago
> The one I personally want everyone to take away is that most plastics are not recycled.
This seems likely, but the one thing I can't understand is: if they aren't recycling the plastic, why do they pay for it?
- chmod600 5y agoNot sure if this is what you mean, but redemption systems are where you are just getting your own money back. Nobody is really paying you. Maybe there are some places that pay for the plastic itself, but I would imagine they are more picky. Or the government is paying them as part of some misguided scheme.
- leereeves 5y agoI don't mean redemption systems. Where I live, recycling centers pay for used plastic in bulk. We bag up a variety of plastic and take it to them. They don't pay a lot, but they do pay, and I wonder where they get the money.
- sokoloff 5y agoIt’s fuel. Think of it as oil in a slightly less liquid form.