5mo ago

When is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.

www.propublica.org When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.

Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators.

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I see this at my local supermarket chains after they received pressure to reduce plastic usage. The exact same plastic bags are in use, except now they have printed on them "REUSABLE PLASTIC BAG". Such a predictable outcome.
- plastic stickers on supermarket fruit drive me nuts. I think about the cost to the environment from manufacture to disposal. must be a better way?