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Are there any plastic recycling success stories? For example, the PET in plastic bottles can't be recycled into new bottles. The best case is that it can be u
by jrockway 3y ago
Are there any plastic recycling success stories? For example, the PET in plastic bottles can't be recycled into new bottles. The best case is that it can be used in carpet, and probably not very nice carpet that the first world would buy.
I've used my reusable grocery bags for over ten years. They have gotten well over 130 uses.
- Symbiote 3y agoAccording to [1], about 15% of recycled PET bottles were used to make new bottles, and those aren't necessarily food/drink bottles. I suspect the quality of collected bottles is a significant factor. Here in Denmark bottles collected as part of the deposit scheme can be recycled into new food containers, but other waste generally cannot. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PET_bottle_recycling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PET_bottle_recycling
- userbinator 3y agoI have plastic bags that weren't ever advertised as "reusable", from over 2 decades ago, but are indeed very reusable. They made them thicker and stronger back then, but unfortunately that was wasted by so many choosing not to reuse them.