People get hung up on “is it being rrectcled” as justification of use of recycles codes, but these codes extend beyond plastic I think baterries are code 33 or 43 I forget. The idea being when a technology is developed to recycle we have an existing ID for the material.
What is your source for that? According to the law, they have to use the correct symbol for the type of material. Are ou saying it isn’t enforced enough?
1 and 2 can be commercially and productively downcycled recycled (not just downcycled). The others are garbage though, and the biggest con was the plastic companies shifting the responsibility onto the consumer.
Not sure why you’re still saying the law is not enforced though. I don’t see any evidence for this at least in my country. Companies have to put the correct numbers on their materials, even if they can’t actually be recycled. Not sure what laws there are in other countries besides the USA.
Materials not recycled for consumer goods reuse are often ground and repelletized as fuel pellets. Not great, but better than mining more coal, drilling more oil etc
‘Recyclable’ just means that you - theoretically - CAN recycle something. Doesn’t mean that it’s actually done - and never has.
That word has always been the most blatant dogwhistle of greenwashing.
Yeah. I am ‘fuckable’ in the sense that I can have sex. Still does not mean I have any or much of it.
and then research came out, that recycling is too intensive of a process to be feasible, unless they make biodegradble kinds.
People get hung up on “is it being rrectcled” as justification of use of recycles codes, but these codes extend beyond plastic I think baterries are code 33 or 43 I forget. The idea being when a technology is developed to recycle we have an existing ID for the material.
factoid: those recycling symbols on various shit? none of that is regulated and packagers can put any symbol on anything, recyclable or not.
90% of it ends up in landfills anyway.
Incorrect.
TIL: it IS regulated in 36/50 US states.
What is your source for that? According to the law, they have to use the correct symbol for the type of material. Are ou saying it isn’t enforced enough?
https://www.tricorbraun.com/media/wysiwyg/tb/tb_snapshots_and_insights/value-add/recycling-labels-legislation/TB_-_Recycling_Labels_Legislation_-_031724.pdf
It’s not enforced and not everyone lives in the USA.
https://just-zero.org/our-stories/explainer/the-hidden-truth-behind-recycling-labels-revealed/
Those symbols are being put on plastics that no region anywhere can recycle. They either end up in landfill, or moved to other countries to be burned.
1 and 2 can be commercially and productively downcycled
recycled (not just downcycled). The others are garbage though, and the biggest con was the plastic companies shifting the responsibility onto the consumer.EDIT: you were right they are not commercially recycled (instead they are downcycled, because virgin plastic is currently cheaper). https://oceana.org/blog/recycling-myth-month-plastic-bottle-you-thought-you-recycled-may-have-been-downcycled-instead/
Not sure why you’re still saying the law is not enforced though. I don’t see any evidence for this at least in my country. Companies have to put the correct numbers on their materials, even if they can’t actually be recycled. Not sure what laws there are in other countries besides the USA.
Materials not recycled for consumer goods reuse are often ground and repelletized as fuel pellets. Not great, but better than mining more coal, drilling more oil etc
Recycling in America is a scam 🎶
Always has been. Make the manufacturers/retailers of the product be responsible for the cleanup.