SIGMA920 t1_j52cf1a wrote on January 19, 2023 at 10:19 PM

Reply to comment by linuxlib in Bloomberg: Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System. Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people by ombx

Not bothering to /= not possible. Frankly I'm surprised that the big companies aren't looking to use as much recycled plastic in the first place when it can be, it'd be cheaper than what they're doing now.

Dubslack t1_j52thcb wrote on January 20, 2023 at 12:21 AM

It's not cheaper, that's why they don't.

SIGMA920 t1_j55plsl wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:10 PM

It would when you consider just how much plastic wrappings could is lying available to be recycled that could be and how much plastic could be reused with no problems.