How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture (www.nakedcapitalism.com)

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[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How people got sold recycling works:

♻️. It all goes in a cycle. Circular Economy. Green = natural = good. No waste. Yay!

How corporations actually define "recycling":

https://www.sika.com/en/knowledge-hub/can-concrete-be-recycled.html

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2024

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