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[-] wscholermann@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

a lot of cardboards can’t be recycled if they are contaminated in some way

...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.

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