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		nikisweeting on Aug 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other n... It's not a matter of any one thing, the vast majority of "recycling" is trash to begin with, or ends as trash without being recycled.

CheezeIt on Aug 3, 2021 [–]

That’s the goal. You want them to end up as trash. It’s not cost effective to recycle it, and if it were, that would lower costs and create more pollution.

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