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by PaulHoule 1725 days ago
The recycling numbers are problematic in many ways.

One of them is that any new plastic, which could be superior in degradation recyclability, will inevitably be put into group 7 together with the thermosets. For instance,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylactic_acid

can be made from biological sources, is compostable and chemically recyclable.