BigTrout75@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoYou have to remove the plastic label if you want to recycle this plastic bottle.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down177
arrow-up1384arrow-down1imageYou have to remove the plastic label if you want to recycle this plastic bottle.lemmy.worldBigTrout75@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoRecycling in Japan is a very involved process. You end up with like, 4 different bags of recyclable types, depending. I appreciate it.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoMinnesota is like that, too. At least near St. Paul/Minneapolis
minus-squareChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoMany cities just burn a lot of it. Technically “recycled” according to the definition and generates some energy, but plastic is just not great no matter how you look at it. Source for some cities burning non-pet plastics in Japan: https://youtu.be/sAu3LVktMwE?si=30PgjrPFFiFFF7Tt&t=55s
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/sAu3LVktMwE?si=30PgjrPFFiFFF7Tt&t=55s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Recycling in Japan is a very involved process. You end up with like, 4 different bags of recyclable types, depending. I appreciate it.
Minnesota is like that, too. At least near St. Paul/Minneapolis
Many cities just burn a lot of it. Technically “recycled” according to the definition and generates some energy, but plastic is just not great no matter how you look at it.
Source for some cities burning non-pet plastics in Japan: https://youtu.be/sAu3LVktMwE?si=30PgjrPFFiFFF7Tt&t=55s
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/sAu3LVktMwE?si=30PgjrPFFiFFF7Tt&t=55s
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.