How Many Times Can That Be Recycled?

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By Audrey HolmesJun 15, 2017, 9:00 am184 pts
I used to think that plastic water bottles could be infinitely recycled, that every time I tossed one into the blue bin, it eventually came out to be another plastic bottle. As it turns out, that’s not the case. Some materials can be recycled infinitely, but plastic isn’t one of them. So if a recyclable…

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