What does it mean if something is called ‘recyclable’?
Recyclability is not always black and white. Some companies are under the misconception that it’s okay to put a generic Mobius loop ♻️ onto any packaging, and assume it’s recyclable or many people at home will throw anything into their recycling bin, in the hopes that the trash gets recycled somehow. The truth is a lot different than that.
What makes some things recyclable and some things not recyclable?
To understand this issue is to understand how recycling works first. Recycling is transforming waste products into new materials. There must be a sufficient supply of homogeneous materials for recycling to operate, a method of storing and handling these materials, and there must be consumer demand.
Three main factors that determine recyclability of an object:
1. Material characteristics
2. Complexity of the material
3. Cleanliness and condition
Source (link in bio):
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/04/04/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-plastic-and-recycling/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-wrong-mistakes.html
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