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Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It's pretty true in the United States at least.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

And Australia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I‘m not even sure about that. According to EPA, the rate of recycling seems to be improving overall, paper and paperboard are recycled at 68.2% (2018), which is honestly a great rate. Sure, there‘s always going to be landfilling, be it because of the waste‘s quality, capacity issues, or, yes, even a bad actor. But generalizing recycling as a scam only leads people to think that it doesn‘t matter if you try to recycle or not. And that leads to 76% of recyclables never even getting the chance of being recycled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Some more info from climate town

https://youtu.be/PJnJ8mK3Q3g