Comment on Important life choices
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 days agoIt’s called “single stream recycling”. We have it where I live. I wish I could have confidence in any recycling these days. Too many stories of separated trash all ending up in the dump anyway.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
The problem is that mixing everything means massive contamination, so only metal is going to really get pulled out.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Only the metal should be pulled out. Plastic recycling is a scam invented by the bottling companies and there’s not a single plastic bottle that couldn’t be replaced by paper or aluminum. Even the plastic lines cardboard cartons use less plastic overall.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
There’s plenty of paper that could get recycled as well that can’t in a single stream. I agree plastic going to a landfill is better though.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Plastic can be burned and be used for urban heating.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 days ago
At the very least, paper is renewable and biodegradable.