Wait until OP hears about the evils of cardboard recycling, I drive by daily and see the towering eternal flame of methane. Sadly methane is sneaky and not all of it gets burned.
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Vote for trash burning power plants. Worse than oil power plants, but still better than plastic trash in the wild.
This meme is missing a third panel with a cancer patient in their death bed.
Me watching op how he’ll eat beef this week
microplastics might explain that epic rant about lobster.
We have these groups of volunteers gathering trash along the roadside. The more they collect the more they can earn for their good cause or their organisation.
They're being cheap cleanup for the companies that sell trash and by collecting trash they keep the stats down.
This is a PSA that as a whole, the plastics recycling and packaging industry isn't well regulated, and all those plastic drink and soda bottles at the grocery store that now say "Made with recycled plastics"? You have NO idea what type of plastics are in there now or the level of decay, and neither do the manufacturers.
Do not drink out of, eat out of, or wear anything that is made from recycled plastics.
Recycled plastics encountered in the world should be assumed to be toxic unless you know for certain they aren't, and should not be considered fit for food use, medical use, or prolonged human contact.
There are people who live in countries that do regulate this stuff, you know
Yes I know. Part of the problem is that it's a global industry, which is why I said "as a whole". One company or country could make a recycled plastic bottle, another company could buy it and ship it to another country to be used in a product, and finally sent to another country to be sold to consumers.
Most people have no idea what any country's regulations and standards are on recycled plastics quality & safety, and they aren't going to think about it or research it before they make a purchase.
Perhaps a better Public Service Announcement might be: if your government doesn't generally care about your health, don't buy recycled plastics for food or clothing use in your country.
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But they sell those soda branded shirts made out of soda bottles!! /s