7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling)

In fact, any depreciating asset should always be bought used if you must own it at all. Serial ownership is one of the biggest contributions you can make towards counteracting environmental problems (climate change, resource depletion, and population pressure), as the resources required to build and transport stuff is generally higher than those us

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When you recycle plastic, you prevent it from polluting the oceans. This myth is based on the enduring delusion that plastic from curbside bins can be efficiently turned into other products. But sorting the stuff is so onerous and labor-intensive—and the resulting materials of so little value—that recycling plastic is hopelessly unprofitable in the... See more

If we bury metals, we can just mine more aluminium, tin, or iron — we’re not close to running out of any of these. But recycling metals is a good idea, as it’s cheaper and much more environmentally friendly than mining.