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This headline is the definition of clickbait. And the entire article is clickbait too. Article has nothing to do with Amazon it's about recycling. And they're

• Freak_NL 4y ago
  If you reread the article you'll find that this is not about burning a small amount of plastic contamination. > India may be bringing in as much as 500,000 tons of plastic waste hidden within paper shipments annually, according to a government environmental body that estimated the level of contamination at 5%.
  • ars 4y ago
    I did read the article, and I consider 5% a small amount. The plastic is being burned for energy, which is the best way to handle plastic. The only real issue this article raised is the poor quality incinerators, that don't do a good enough job of burning the plastic. I call this article click bait because they spend way way too long on utterly irrelevant stuff, and the only important part is 2 sentences.