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Rakshear t1_j7ftdd0 wrote

This is how I got my family to stop littering, I told them if we recycle we help America be less dependent on foreign material and more secure as a nation.

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almostcyclops t1_j7hzxkz wrote

The fact that this worked when most of our recycling is shipped to China is hilarious.

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AlphaSquad1 t1_j7jp5z6 wrote

*was shipped to China. They stopped taking all but the highest value recycling in 2018. Many cities have had to switch to either burning their recycling for power or just throwing it in their landfills now.

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Widespreaddd t1_j7kejbg wrote

Yes, my city stopped free recycling. You can recycle some items, like glass, if you want to, but you now have to pay them to take it.

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mattjouff t1_j7ifi97 wrote

Well depending on where you are 90% of recycled stuff still ends up in landfills because you can’t just have cardboard mixed in with different types of plastics. The sorting still has the be done by humans, so it’s easier and cheaper not to sort.

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oldar4 t1_j7jb5jn wrote

You realize recycling is bs though? Used to sell more plastic so you won't feel bad, by oil companies themselves. Not much actual recycling is going on, most of it is dumped

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LeftFaceDown t1_j7k12vl wrote

People have forgotten that it is three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

The first two are important too.

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Lucyintheye t1_j7lyxse wrote

And recycling is the last on the list for a reason. Only to be done when your efforts to reduce waste and reuse/repurpose said items are exhausted.

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oldar4 t1_j7n3eyz wrote

They don't market the 3 Rs. They market the recycling symbol and the number that says whether its recyclable or not. Qnd most of it ends up in the trash anyway. The better way is to not buy or use or produce any of it to begin with

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