You were told for years that it was on YOU to save the planet. YOU had to recycle. The power is YOURS! ... well turns out they were lying. You can't recycle plastic at scale. You never could. WE are not the ones destroying the world.

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_riG...

A lot of it ends up overseas.

What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? | National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

You may have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch but what is it, how did it start, and can we do anything about it?  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the name for a collection of marine debris ...

Actually, no they didn't lie. They reported this years ago.

Seems like they’re doubling down on it too www.ispot.tv/ad/t_EN/amer...

American Beverage Association TV Spot, 'Every Bottle Back'

The American Beverage Association says society needs to reduce plastic waste, so it has engineered beverage bottles that can be recycled into new beverage bottles. You're encouraged to learn more abou...

Although we should definitely recycle as well

WE, the 8 BILLION of us ‘consumers’ (and growing), are destroying the planet. Plastic vs. glass isn’t going to change that.

grind it into a fine slurry and pump it back into the depleted oilfields

I remember getting into an argument with a really smug Junior in High School over this topic in High School involving boxed water and plastic water bottles. And I was so petty over losing the argument I actually began researching plastic recycling to prove it wasn’t the perfect solution he proposed.

Just need to add this to the giant list of things we were lied to about.