The news about all the crap we're using and abusing and recycling programs are refusing is more depressing every day.
I heard about this outfit this morning. They're finding ways to recycle the un-recyclable - even cigarette butts and dirty diapers!
BTW, this sounds like but honestly is not some sad spamming crap. I really didn't know they existed before this:
@BrazenlyLiberal
When you see the cost for the all-item recycling boxes, I have to give props to Taco Bell for accepting EVERYRONE'S empty condiment packets.
Yeah. It turns out transporting crap to be recycled costs more than tossing it into a landfill and buying new.
BUT.... the US pays hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to fossil fuel companies. Divert a chunk of that to recycling and bring it to scale and we might have something.
The true cost of the product includes the cost of disposal, but most companies shift that onto the government.