The industry knew decades ago that recycling was never viable in the long term, and now we’re all being poisoned by its product.
Source: Recycling Doesn’t Work—and the Plastics Industry Knew It
“But here’s the reality: Between 1990 and 2015, some 90 percent of plastics either ended up in a landfill, were burned, or leaked into the environment. Another recent study estimates that just 5 to 6 percent are successfully recycled.”
“Both the U.S. and China are now producing a surplus of the industrial chemicals, like ethylene, used to make popular plastics such as polyethylene, to the point that new (“virgin”) plastics are cheaper than recycled alternatives.”
Solution: make plastic makers pay for 100% recycling. They will pass these costs down to consumers. And no one will want their pop to cost 5cents more per bottle, so ain’t never gonna happen.
