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680: Recycling | Skeptical Sunday

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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Can You Recycle Cotton Bags?

A lot of people think that because the bags are plastic, they can be recycled. You should be able to, and technically you probably could, but the problem is we don't. At those superthin bags, they get caught up in the sorting machines. They clog up the line. Because they're so thin, they get very easily contaminated. And it takes more carbon emissions dealing with the processing of the bags than it would be to just make new ones. It's not environmentally sound or cost effective.

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