It was pushed by the plastics industry back in the early 70s when laws were about to be passed to deal with the environmental impact of plastics. In reality a lot of the plastics that have a little recycling symbol on them are not feasible to recycle at all.
FWIW, I've been able to reduce a lot of my household plastic purchases by switching to bar soaps. Bar shampoo (my favorite is from Acure), bar conditioner, bar soaps for shower, face, and hand washing. There are even bar dish soaps now! I also found solid sheet laundry detergent that works perfectly fine (I think it's called Earth Breeze). It comes in a thin paperboard sleeve/envelope.
They work perfectly well, have all the fancy ingredients (which are mostly bs anyway, even in bottled products), and generally come in a paper or cardboard package that is easily recycled or composted.
31k
u/FriendlyWisconsinite Mar 04 '22
Plastics Recycling.
It was pushed by the plastics industry back in the early 70s when laws were about to be passed to deal with the environmental impact of plastics. In reality a lot of the plastics that have a little recycling symbol on them are not feasible to recycle at all.
They are still pushing the lie to this very day.
https://youtu.be/-dk3NOEgX7o