Plastic Recycling Is A (Miserable) Lie That Is Killing Our Planet

It has come to a point where environmentalists are asking people to please throw their plastic waste in the garbage where it can at least go to a landfill instead of ending up in the ocean. <h1>Why is it getting shipped off instead of recycled?</h1> Simple. It’s cheaper. It is even cheaper to make new plastic than to recycle. It got so bad that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-plastics-trade.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">China banned</a> scrap plastics imports in 2018. In the modern era, one would anticipate a surge in recycling initiatives. However, the current scenario paints a different picture. Here’s a closer look: <ul> <li>Economic considerations: Recycling processes can be financially draining. In many cases, it’s more economical to ship waste to locations with lower disposal costs, a trend discussed in a <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/infographic/2018/09/20/what-a-waste-20-a-global-snapshot-of-solid-waste-management-to-2050" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">World Bank report</a>.</li> <li>Infrastructure limitations: Not all regions have the infrastructure to recycle specific…</li> </ul> <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/plastic-recycling-is-a-miserable-lie-that-is-killing-our-planet-1e09456f40ba">Website</a>