TIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled. - eviltoast
  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’ll be honest, that’s actually more than I would have guessed (ballpark would have been 5% or under), sad as that is.

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I’ll bet the term recycled is actually open for interpretation, and the official use differs from our (pleb) expectations.