There is a long history of the plastics industry telling stories about recycling, which rarely happens for plastics, as a means of creating permission to manufacture plastics which won’t actually be recycled
A Breakthrough in Plastic Recycling Is Coming Up Short
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perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Both Wendover and Climate Town have talked about how plastic recycling is faked - if the economics haven’t changed since then (e.g. tax on new plastic) I’d be surprised if any recycling is real.