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by tmikaeld 906 days ago
Recycling is complicated, because only certain polymers can be recycled, then it has to be separated from contaminants, transported, sorted and re-shipped to re-use facilities (often in China). A lot of improvements are needed for this to be both lucrative and effective [0]. Then there's the microplastics that still spread across the globe.

[0] https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/gc/d2gc0...