https://twitter.com/marsxrobertson/status/1141020624170704903

"Broken" Recycling Sham (TV Episode 2019) - IMDb

Recycling was a lie - a big lie - to sell more plastic, industry experts say | CBC Documentaries

From a comment on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24715142

The triple whammy to all this is that all over the planet people have been cleaning their plastics with hot water, drying and then separating it into different rubbish bags with separate collections and additional bins etc. All for a giant lie about recycling that was never true. We have wasted substantial energy and time on something that never worked and helped destroy the environment even more because of it.

My personal perspective on that - people who would be willing to take environmental action can naively say “I’m don't my part” and abstain from meaningful activities.

What do I suggest instead?

Cradle-to-cradle (end-to-end) accounting and tracking.

All the packaging was designed from the ground up for reusability.

https://twitter.com/marsxrobertson/status/1154005084050731008