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[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 202 points 2 months ago

Recycling is mostly a scam. Most recycled trash is just dumped on third world countries.

[-] nyankas@lemmy.ml 62 points 2 months ago

This is wrong, please stop spreading this misinformation.

It probably differs from country to country, but in Germany, for example, between 38-48% of plastic is recycled (source). Sure, that‘s far from all of it, but still far, far better than nothing. Falsely claiming that recycling is mostly a scam and, by that, implying that it doesn‘t make sense to try to recycle you trash, is a horrible idea and only makes the situation worse.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

It's pretty true in the United States at least.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Some more info from climate town

https://youtu.be/PJnJ8mK3Q3g

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