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.
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.
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.
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.