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Re: Plastic reed packaging

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-05-01 01:15

It's a frustrating fact that recycling rules are almost entirely local - sometimes even the same collection company will have different contracts with different localities. Some collection companies don't want closed containers or containers with things inside them because the contents can jam machinery. And then they don't always recycle what they say they're going to recycle. Apparently, according to some of the reporting I've seen on TV, a lot of the U.S. plastic and other recyclables were being packed up almost completely co-mingled and sent to China, which was buying it by the mega-ton. Now, China has apparently stopped buying most of it. It's expensive (read apparently unprofitable) to process here in the U.S., so much of what we turn in as recyclable material ends up in the same landfills as the rest of our trash.

None of this really contradicts Legere's advice (I got the same email this afternoon), but the bottom line seems to be that no matter how conscientious you are about trying to comply with all the varying regulations wherever you live, you may still be contributing to the landfills recycling is meant to reduce.

Wouldn't it be a real contribution if Legere itself would accept returns of worn-out reeds and maybe find a way to re-use the polypropylene?!

Karl

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