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@ajsadauskas
>Recycling in the US (and many Western countries, for that matter) is a sham. It always was.
Even when we pretend it's something, the damage done is enormous
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/even-in-recycling-microplastics-remain-a-persistent-polluter-study-shows/
>New research has found that a “state-of-the-art” plastic recycling facility in the U.K. could be releasing up to 75 billion microplastics per cubic meter of wastewater annually.
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