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> It shouldn’t be a difficult concept: if it says ‘recyclable,’ that means you should be able to put it in the recycling bin, and if it says ‘compostable,’ you
by musicale 4y ago
> It shouldn’t be a difficult concept: if it says ‘recyclable,’ that means you should be able to put it in the recycling bin, and if it says ‘compostable,’ you should be able to put it in the composting bin," Lapis said.
Kind of makes sense to standardize this at some level.
Though realistically most bins in California are probably the landfill bin regardless of label or original intent.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agowhy do you believe that? They're currently at about 50% recycled/composted which is less than they could be doing, and less than their targets, but not bad in a nation that has had their minds poisoned against recycling.
- musicale 4y agoDo you have a good reference for that? The references I found don't look so good. https://www.livescience.com/how-much-plastic-recycling.html https://www.livescience.com/how-much-plastic-recycling.html And anecdata: whenever I look in a public recycling bin (e.g. restaurant, school, airport, etc.) it's always full of non-recyclable trash and food waste. The only system I've seen that seems to work is 100% industrial compost, and even then it gets tainted with random non-compostables.