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A Dutch newspaper wrote a depressing article¹ two years ago in a similar vain about plastic from the Netherlands ending up in Türkiye for 'recycling'. The same

• atonse 4y ago
  Yeah this is what’s bothering about these articles (common at least in American journalism) that condescendingly talk about issues in third world countries that are as bad in the US. Not that we shouldn’t identify these things. But the issue is often not quite related to the country, but a larger issue. As others have pointed out, for whatever reason, plastic is difficult to recycle and through deception, we’ve been sold the idea that it can be recycled. The most promising stuff I’ve seen is waste to energy (basically, burn the stuff). As long as we can effectively capture the emitted toxins from burning the plastic, then it seems like a pretty good system. And some countries have already been doing this.