Your friendly reminder that so many plastics aren’t recyclable - so glad California is finally pushing back on greenwashing

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Recycling is only a scam for plastic. Paper and glass are fully recyclable but are energy intensive.

    Aluminum and most metals are cheaper and less energy intensive to recycle than to mine and refine from scratch.

    • fishpen0@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      This. A soda or beer can is made of 98% recycled aluminum and that aluminum has been recycled hundreds of times.

      Don’t let plastics stop you from caring entirely about recycling other materials