U.S. contributes 5 times more ocean plastic than previous estimates
I mean, this is all very disheartening.<p>First we find out that we haven't been recycling, we've been burying our waste because it's too expensive to reclaim the plastic.   Then we find out that 80% of the plastic isn't even ever recyclable, and was a lie from the plastic companies to make us feel better about buying plastics.<p>Now we're shedding more of it into the oceans.<p>This is what happens when it's too cheap to pump oil out of the ground and put it in everything you consume.<p>What do we do about all this?<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-land" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/912150085/waste-land</a>
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