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Where Does All Your Recycling Really Go?

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Why We Have Such a Low Recycling Rate for Plastics

The recycling process for plastics just doesn't work because it's such a heterogeneous waste stream. Big plastic wants to be able to make any kind of plastic, any color, any chemical additive and sell it to you and I. The problem is, once they sell it to us, their responsibility ends. And then you and I are stuck with the cost of properly collecting, processing and disposing of all of this.

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