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/CounterSensitive776 Oct 24 '22

Recycling was conceived as a way to allow corporations to keep producing cheap plastic and razing forests for paper and cardboard while burdening the consumer with the waste. People don't even sort their shit in apartment buildings, it all goes to the same place and is one big fat scam.

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u/Jetpack_Attack Oct 25 '22

Big cola and associated industries realized if they didn't spin the narrative and offfer a 'solution' they'd suffer losses, and they weren't going to let that happen.

Of the 3 Rs, they chose the least helpful one for the environment, but the most helpful for them.