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Somewhat related: John Oliver recently did a segment [0] on plastics and how we recycle it (spoiler: mostly we can't).

It seems regulations are sorely needed: differentiating domestic plastic waste will not get us very far. Still, research on waste reuse must continue: I'm afraid we won't put effort into really cleaning up our mess unless it becomes a somewhat profitable business.

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E



Not to worry, people want to recycle it by turning into roads!

Completely ignoring the microplastics disaster it will accelerate


Let alone that blacktop is the big win of reuse and recycling already, and these plastic additives likely make it less reusable




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