• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    25 days ago

    Most trash that is “recycled” is put into a landfill with no processing.

    I wouldn’t say most trash, just most plastics. Glass and especially cardboard and aluminum are able to be recycled almost endlessly and are more efficient to recycle than their original production cost.

    • Kumikommunism [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      25 days ago

      They are able to, that doesn’t mean they are. I cannot find any data on residential recycling rates, and I have to assume, given the track record, that capitalist countries are doing the most wasteful thing that is the worst for the environment.