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There's definitely sorting going on (including hardware, such as magnet, utilizing gravity/shaking, chemical) but still plastic often ends up in landfill becaus
by NalNezumi 3y ago
There's definitely sorting going on (including hardware, such as magnet, utilizing gravity/shaking, chemical) but still plastic often ends up in landfill because it's not profitable. Even China who used to do "hire minimum wage workers" to do recycling but at global scale ended it because all the adverse health/environmental effect making it worse than not profitable [1]
[1] https://youtu.be/KXRtNwUju5g?si=VlmZAcdhZM0_IyiE https://youtu.be/KXRtNwUju5g?si=VlmZAcdhZM0_IyiE
- nomilk 3y agoThanks for sharing. Just watched the whole thing. Incredibly revealing (/confirming).