@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 1 year agoCoca-Cola is on pace to dump 1.3 billion pounds of plastic into our oceans each yearwww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down17
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkCoca-Cola is on pace to dump 1.3 billion pounds of plastic into our oceans each yearwww.earth.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-square@blakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoPlastic isn’t recycled. They just tell you it is.
minus-square@SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink6•1 year agoIt’s heavily dependant on the plastic type. PET bottles are pretty good. Even if it’s not recycled, it’s still far better to landfill or burn it than have it hit waterways.
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink4•1 year agoDepends on where what and how. “Plastics” is a broad category after all. Here’s a program report from British Columbia, Canada, with multi-stream recycling and a deposit program: PDF
Plastic isn’t recycled. They just tell you it is.
It’s heavily dependant on the plastic type. PET bottles are pretty good.
Even if it’s not recycled, it’s still far better to landfill or burn it than have it hit waterways.
Depends on where what and how. “Plastics” is a broad category after all.
Here’s a program report from British Columbia, Canada, with multi-stream recycling and a deposit program: PDF