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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki
Sand is so cheap, it is less expensive to make glass new, than recycle glass.
Plastic can not be economically recycled yet, much of it is actually “Banked” until it makes sense economically.
“ More than 90% of global plastic production consists of primary plastics—which are newly manufactured, rather than recycled—made from petroleum products. ”
Why It's So Hard to Recycle Plastic | Scientific American
The best solution for recyclable materials is ‘waste to energy’ - which is what is happening in the Villages since 2020.
The trash is burned at a plant built to covert to energy and the energy is transferred to the Duke energy grid |
That's really interesting, I learn something often on this site. I did have a "hunch" that the urgency of recycling was somehow tied to profit for "someone somewhere".... I always felt somewhat guilty washing, cleaning, removing labels, etc. about the natural resources I WAS WASTING doing all we were told to do to get items ready for recycling pick up day !