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Originally Posted by Bearcat
I read an article that said people throw so much shit in the recycle bins, sometimes entire loads can be rejected, and a lot gets dumped because of grease on pizza boxes and what not.... things people think can be recycle, but cannot. So like everything else, people are idiots and we can't have nice things.
Also read an article the other day about how the mountain of plastic in the Pacific Ocean has created new ecosystems for crabs and things that otherwise couldn't survive in the middle of the ocean.
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This is very true. It definitely helps if you rinse off what you are recycling. It also helps a lot if you do something as simple as removing the foil lid off something like a yogurt container. It really takes minimal effort to make a pretty big difference in the landfills, but most people really won’t do it for whatever reason.