380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.

Grist
By Joseph WintersOct 24, 2022, 10:45 am242 pts
No plastic is truly recyclable — not even the water bottles and milk jugs that people usually toss into their blue bins. According to a new report released on Monday by Greenpeace USA, no plastic product meets a common industry standard for recyclability, even though they bear the familiar “chasing…

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