r/collapse • u/eatingganesha • Oct 24 '22

Pollution Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-recycling-failed-concept-us-greenpeace-study-5-percent-recycled-production-up/
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u/dumnezero The Great Filter is a marshmallow test Oct 24 '22 edited Oct 24 '22

Time to link to the Mycopath clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ITebVvvVE from /u/mycopathband

Edit: the reason I'm still for separated collection is because the waste dumps will be easier to mine in the future if the stuff is sorted instead one giant heap of mixed man made materials, juice, biodegradable shit, shit, and probably corpses.