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   Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 01:40:15 JST Waldo Jaquith

   Plastic recycling is a myth created and propped up by the petroleum industry. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/texas-resident-used-apple-airtags-to-discover-plastics-taken-to-houston-recycling-centers-arent-being-recycled

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     Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 01:40:15 JST Waldo Jaquith

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     Before anybody gets all up in my mentions: yes, it is hypothetically possible to recycle some types of plastic and yes, there is a small-scale PET recycling industry, but recycling plastics at scale is infeasible and has no path to feasibility.

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     Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 01:40:15 JST Waldo Jaquith

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     I’m muting this thread because it has achieved escape velocity, resulting in a bunch of replies like “here in Kerblekistan we have achieved a 16% PET recycling rate through exploiting the Malaysian immigrant underclass so therefore plastic recycling works great.” 🙄

     I leave you with this video on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E

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