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Apart from metal and glass I honestly think recycling is a complete scam.
Collect it, stuff it in a warehouse and then problem solved. Other option is to send it overseas to pollute someone else’s country. Then encourage everyone to consume more stuff, because the economy must have endless growth, or else.
Exactly so why bother with the silly charade?
Why do you think that? Australia is one of the highest recyclable markets for all sorts of things .Paper and cardboard is 87%.
I would be interested to know how they calculated that statistic. The website does have sources listed but it's so small and blurry I can't read it.
Suffice to say I'm very skeptical the figure would be so high and I suspect it's an overestimation.
For example, a lot of cardboards can't be recycled if they are contaminated in some way (ie food containers), and I would suggest a lot of cardboard that gets used is probably contaminated.
...and this is where consumer education comes in. I know that my cheese crusted takeaway pizza lid can't be recycled, but the clean bottom half can be.