silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoMany plastics in Bay Area blue bins end up in landfills. Here’s what is actually recycledwww.sfchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkMany plastics in Bay Area blue bins end up in landfills. Here’s what is actually recycledwww.sfchronicle.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·16 hours agoRecycling programs should just burn plastics in power plants at this point. It’s a waste to just throw them into the landfill.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-216 hours agoTo be fair, they’re actually recycling #1 and #2 rigid containers. It’s everything else that’s not making it. The better move is to avoid manufacturing other plastics for most consumer products.
Recycling programs should just burn plastics in power plants at this point. It’s a waste to just throw them into the landfill.
To be fair, they’re actually recycling #1 and #2 rigid containers. It’s everything else that’s not making it.
The better move is to avoid manufacturing other plastics for most consumer products.