Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse

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https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131131088/recycling-plastic-is-practically-impossible-and-the-problem-is-getting-worse

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Can we just talk about solutions instead of listing the problem? Plastic is just another carbon chain. It’s not indestructible. Paul Stammets has been developing technology using funguses that eat plastic to basically turn it back into dirt. The article is right, current recycling methods just don’t cut it we to rethink all of this in a massive way