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Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Don't use this as an excuse to not recycle. I do my part by recycling what I can. It's a failure on our leaders not the people. I will continue to recycle with the piece of mind I did what I could. We can't force companies to change that's the government job all we can do is complain.

I beta test products and always ensure I give feedback on packaging to at least try to convince companies to not use styrofoam and plastic and just use cardboard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you read up on the history of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, you'll find our plastics really aren't recyclable (much).

And your home recycling is a feel-good measure.

If you want to make a difference, start with verifying exactly what your city/county/state do with "recyclables", and follow that with looking into the recyclability of different plastics and how much each is produced.

It's eye opening.

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

Plastics absolutely are recyclable. It’s just not cost effective to do so because it’s so cheap to produce new plastic. We need to charge more for the production of plastics and force the producers to take back used plastic.

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