Exploring The Myths Of Plastic Recycling
What can and cannot be recycled? (Ezequiel Becerra/AFP/Getty Images)
This story is part of “Covering Climate Now,” a week-long global initiative of over 250 news outlets.
Very little of plastic we recycle is actually removed from the waste stream. And the plastics industry is putting “a green veneer” on efforts to recycle it. So what’s a consumer to do?
The Intercept’s Sharon Lerner (@fastlerner) and Beyond Plastic’s Judith Enck (@PlasticsBeyond) join Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley to discuss the issue of plastic pollution.
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