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I call it bullshit. PET used in plastic bottles can easily be depolymerized or even used as fuel. I live in a poor ex-USSR republic, and plastic recycling is a
by SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
I call it bullshit. PET used in plastic bottles can easily be depolymerized or even used as fuel. I live in a poor ex-USSR republic, and plastic recycling is a popular business; it were a scam no one would do that, as government neither mandate nor sponsor recycling.
- isthispermanent 3y agoWhat country do you live in if you don’t mind me asking?
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agomind
- zer00eyz 3y agoBottles are one thing.. I just ate a package of crackers. Plastic. I ordered a product from amazon, retail packed in plastic and cardboard. I got an amp, the box liner, plastic. The amazon box, had plastic bubbles in it. I'm willing to bet most oof that ends up in a land fill and not recycled here in the states.
- ofrzeta 3y agoContains a lot of microplastic, too: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/plastic-particles-bottled-water https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/plastic...
- AceLewis 3y agoI think when people call it a scam they are referring to the idea that it is marketed as a way that plastic can be green and good for the environment because it can be recycled. It may be profitable to be used as fuel but it is not green. Another thing in the article is richer countries with higher environmental regulations just export to poor countries where the pollution is less regulated. Just exporting the problem to you. I have been to Kyrgyzstan most their electric is hydroelectric but in general it seemed their environmental regulations were lacking especially in the villages they just had heaps of waste, in the past it would be mostly comparable but lots of single use plastic means the waste is permanent.
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agoYes agree. recycling won't make plastics green.