
Is plastic really recyclable?
Chemistry For Your Life
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The Problems With Recycling PVC
Only 10.3% of the 5.5 billion kilograms produced or recycled PVC, which has a lot of its own problems. LDPE is plastic bags; HDPE is laundry and bleach bottles. So that leaves 23 billion kilograms that are out in the environment. That's 28 billion kilograms produced in one year.
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