"Recycling plastic costs so much that recycled plastic will never compete with new plastic.

[tante@tldr.nettime.org]

"Recycling plastic costs so much that recycled plastic will never compete with new plastic. The only thing it might do is deceive the public into thinking there’s no problem."

(Original title: The Myth of Plastic Recycling)

https://leftycartoons.com/2025/05/01/the-myth-of-plastic-recycling/

[malte@radikal.social]

@tante Do you know what the most sustainable thing is to do with plastic that ends up in your, workplace and neighbourhood?

[szakib@freeradical.zone]

@malte @tante yes, put it in the recycling bin and let the imperfect system deal with it.
Unless you can reuse it somehow, of course.

[malte@radikal.social]

@szakib Recycling bin, does that mean "Plastic" or "Residual waste"? I assume this is probably regionally different too ... @tante