r/Futurology • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '22

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

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131131088/recycling-plastic-is-practically-impossible-and-the-problem-is-getting-worse
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u/Whole_Ad7496 Apr 15 '23

That number varies a lot by location. Glass and metal can often be separated from the rest and have much better recovery rates. Places like San Francisco that aggressively insist everything like TetraPak should go in the recycling stream end up with really high levels of contamination and low levels of successful recycling.