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Just saw a stat that only 17% of plastic gets recycled in the US
I was reading a report from the EPA last week and that number hit me hard. I always thought it was way higher, like maybe half of what we put in the bin. Found it buried in a PDF about waste management from 2022. It makes me wonder if anyone else feels like they've been sorting their trash wrong this whole time.
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charlesanderson1mo ago
Man, that's a real gut punch. I remember sorting everything so carefully for years, and finding out it mostly doesn't matter is frustrating. It feels like we've been sold a story that lets companies off the hook, lol.
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gray_roberts1mo agoProlific Poster
My friend recycled for a decade, @charlesanderson, then saw it all dumped together.
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