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by res0nat0r 852 days ago
Frontline did a whole episode about this about four years ago. Sure the plastic container holding your strawberries has a recycling symbol on it with a number 3 in the middle, but there may be only one facility in the entire state or region who can process that type of material. Since most can’t, it goes in the trash.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/plastic-wars/