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I wasn't sure the best community on slrpnk to post this; but this one seemed pretty applicable.

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 13 points 2 weeks ago

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.