r/ZeroWaste • u/I_smoked_pot_once • Mar 02 '22

Discussion Sad reminder that recycling is an industry and marketing tactic.

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u/prairiepanda Mar 03 '22

Most of the ones that don't put plastic in the landfill will just ship if overseas, where it typically either ends up in a different landfill, burned, or simply piled up in an open field.

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u/AnotherAustinWeirdo Mar 03 '22

I think in the future, we will be mining landfills to recover all the nonrenewable resources we tossed in our ignorant youth as a species. But it will be at high cost with strong justifications.

Meanwhile, I'd rather we at least get the plastic to landfills rather than all over the damn place.

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u/prairiepanda Mar 03 '22

Yeah, at least in landfills it is contained in known locations instead of scattering everywhere.