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.
@BrazenlyLiberal
The true cost of the product includes the cost of disposal, but most companies shift that onto the government.