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Where Does All Your Recycling Really Go?

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What Does the Recycling Industry Really Look Like?

The vast majority of plastic waste in the world is not recycled, it's just dumped or burned. In many developing countries there is not enough recycling infrastructure to handle the volumes of plastic that has been pumped into the world. They've pumped more plastic into the world than there are recycling plants to handle. So a huge amount is never recycled.

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