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minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoRefundable deposit systems do help with getting bottles and cans properly sorted out and recycled. (Germany does it better making single use plastic bottles a higher deposit than bottles that can be reused).
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·24 days agoPlastic isn’t recycled. They just tell you it is.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoDepends on where what and how. “Plastics” is a broad category after all. Here’s a program report from British Columbia, Canada, with multi-stream recycling and a deposit program: PDF
Refundable deposit systems do help with getting bottles and cans properly sorted out and recycled. (Germany does it better making single use plastic bottles a higher deposit than bottles that can be reused).
Plastic isn’t recycled. They just tell you it is.
Depends on where what and how. “Plastics” is a broad category after all.
Here’s a program report from British Columbia, Canada, with multi-stream recycling and a deposit program: PDF