• HubertManne@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    this is about the thin grocery store bags. What surprised me was they had a few that actually were recycled it seems. Anyway its about the directory indicating recycling drop off locations and not the recycling which I thought at first. It came out because of an investigative report that showed most where going to landfills and incinerators with some going overseas and some actually being recycled.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah. Only 4 out of 55 instances tracked made it to a recycling center. Target and Walmart did not want to comment on the fact that they were largely just throwing them away.

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        11 months ago

        I have become pretty pessimistic with this stuff though so 4 blew me away and technically the offshore might be recycled (but again pessimistic). I figured it was a goose egg but at least that means that using reusable bags is definately the way to go.