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Originally Posted by Bill14564
That is not the common definition of recycling. The common definition is recovering the material from an item so that it can be used again as that same material - re-cycling. Aluminum from cans can be reused as aluminum; glass from bottles can be reused as glass; plastics can be reused as plastics.
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On the other hand, recycling plastics has always been iffy or problematic.
New report unveils what plastic makers knew about recycling : NPR
Generally, municpalities, ship the plastics collected in recycling bins (eventually) to third world countries, many of whom dump them in the oceans.
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-co...rToxic_ENG.pdf