Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square89fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agonot to mention it doesn’t matter where it goes, most plastic can’t be recycled or is not efficient to recycle it. Really need to just not use plastic as a whole
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoEasy in principle, tough in practice. Plastics are extremely useful in a huge range of applications.
minus-squareSomeAmateur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYeah plastic is great for a lot of stuff. Car parts, backpack clips, buttons, trash cans etc. But one time use plastic is EVERYWHERE.
not to mention it doesn’t matter where it goes, most plastic can’t be recycled or is not efficient to recycle it. Really need to just not use plastic as a whole
Easy in principle, tough in practice. Plastics are extremely useful in a huge range of applications.
Yeah plastic is great for a lot of stuff. Car parts, backpack clips, buttons, trash cans etc. But one time use plastic is EVERYWHERE.