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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn't. | Grist

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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn't.
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Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for "store drop-off" recycling showed many of them were buried or burned.
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    By “recyclable” I just figured they meant you could use it again yourself to pack something else up and ship.

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      That’s called upcycling

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        It’s actually called reusing among the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

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          You’re right

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      That’s what I’ve been doing.

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