Shoutout to a random footnote in a library book that changed how I see recycling

Found out only about 9% of plastic actually gets recycled, from a 2022 EPA report I stumbled across. Does that make anyone else feel like the whole sorting routine is kind of pointless?

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west.anna17d ago

Sorting still cuts down on landfill waste though.

gray64416d ago

Honestly used to think sorting was a pain for no reason... but seeing the numbers change like that really makes you get it.

rowanellis17d ago

Our town's recycling rate went up 20% after they gave us the bigger bins.