silence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMany plastics in Bay Area blue bins end up in landfills. Here’s what is actually recycledwww.sfchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkMany plastics in Bay Area blue bins end up in landfills. Here’s what is actually recycledwww.sfchronicle.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 days agoRecycling programs should just burn plastics in power plants at this point. It’s a waste to just throw them into the landfill.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-28 days agoTo be fair, they’re actually recycling #1 and #2 rigid containers. It’s everything else that’s not making it. The better move is to avoid manufacturing other plastics for most consumer products.
Recycling programs should just burn plastics in power plants at this point. It’s a waste to just throw them into the landfill.
To be fair, they’re actually recycling #1 and #2 rigid containers. It’s everything else that’s not making it.
The better move is to avoid manufacturing other plastics for most consumer products.