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Not really surprising. Petro-plastic isn’t really recyclable. I’d rather they be incinerated than landfilled since they aren’t made of bioplastic.
The good news is that people are starting to get scared of microplastics showing up in their bodies. So we’re probably going to see paper, glass, and aluminum making a comeback.
Some plastics have reasonable recyclability.
A major part of the issue is contaminants: most consumer goods are very thin with lots of surface area, from dirty uses like food/drink handling. Lots of surface area for stuff to stick to, very little plastic recovered at the end of it.
I'm hoping for wineskins and drinking gourds