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Campaigners call supermarket takeback schemes a diversion and say there is too much plastic packaging

Archived version: https://archive.ph/amFhW

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2024%2Foct%2F01%2Fsoft-plastic-collected-for-recycling-burned-tesco-sainsburys-campaigners

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[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

They need to be heavily fined for outright lying to people. Burning it is not recycling.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still less bad than not collecting it.

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If not recycling, the best would be to just bury it (in a way that won't pollute the water table).

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

in a way that won't pollute the water table

So don’t bury it then?

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Obviously they mean bury it in some sort of water-tight container like plastic.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Burning is the best outcome actually, burrying means it's going to leech out

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, it would still collect water and pollute, better to burn it at high temps