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Originally Posted by Dusty_Star View Post
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
and i remember a few years back reading how the 3rd worlders aren't taking it anymore, that they felt we were sending them our trash