The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 22 days ago

The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 22 days ago

they did an episode of adam ruins everything on it. tldr: corporations lobbied the american government to remove recycling requirements that moved the onus from them to the american public and the american public took it, like it always does.

The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste.

The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste.

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