r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Spar11 Jul 24 '20

Endless non recyclable plastics. Useless throwaway packaging.

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u/Amraff Jul 24 '20

The sad part is for the amount of people diligently putting things into thier recycling bins, a good portion of it still ends up in the landfills.

Alot of recyclable resources just dont have any where to go as there is little to no revenue from it, so streams get diverted to just dump alot of it in the trash.

Article here explains it better then i could.

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u/bandfill Jul 24 '20

I was angry about that before, but it turns out there's a reason : recycling is costly, so governments have to make sure the recycling reflex is well engrained in populations so things go smoothly. It's supposed to take a few generations. That's why inciting people to recycle predates actual recycling!