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Five ( Five@beehaw.org )  to EnvironmentEnglish · 3 years ago

380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.

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380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.

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Five ( Five@beehaw.org )  to EnvironmentEnglish · 3 years ago
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Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.
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    I do wonder if there is some other material that medical supplies can be made from. It’s a really hard problem: it has to be not only mostly but completely impenetrable to bacteria, not break down at all while in storage, yet somehow lose those properties once it’s been used and disposed of.

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      Isn’t that what metal is for?

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        Metal is heavy. Transporting it requires more energy and therefore generates more CO2 pollution.

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          Aluminium?

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