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minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoRefundable deposit systems do help with getting bottles and cans properly sorted out and recycled. (Germany does it better making single use plastic bottles a higher deposit than bottles that can be reused).
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·1 month agoPlastic isn’t recycled. They just tell you it is.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoIt’s heavily dependant on the plastic type. PET bottles are pretty good. Even if it’s not recycled, it’s still far better to landfill or burn it than have it hit waterways.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoDepends on where what and how. “Plastics” is a broad category after all. Here’s a program report from British Columbia, Canada, with multi-stream recycling and a deposit program: PDF
Refundable deposit systems do help with getting bottles and cans properly sorted out and recycled. (Germany does it better making single use plastic bottles a higher deposit than bottles that can be reused).
Plastic isn’t recycled. They just tell you it is.
It’s heavily dependant on the plastic type. PET bottles are pretty good.
Even if it’s not recycled, it’s still far better to landfill or burn it than have it hit waterways.
Depends on where what and how. “Plastics” is a broad category after all.
Here’s a program report from British Columbia, Canada, with multi-stream recycling and a deposit program: PDF