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Originally Posted by Azure
No, the issue is we keep sending all our plastic waste to other countries and have terrible recycling policies in general.
But hey, at least we use paper straws so plastic problem solved.
I would say we should look at successful European models when it comes to recycling and what not, but we refuse to do that for health care, which is far more costly, so I'd imagine it won't happen with recycling either.
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I think you are missing the part where the ban on single use plastics aren't the type that get sent off to be recycled. Plastic bags might be the exception. The other stuff like straws, cutlery etc are not recyclable and go with mixed trash that is not tracked at all, so there is no metric to report on that.