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The real joke is how annoying it is to clean plastic waste before recycling it, only for it to end up not getting recycled at all
We have been played for actual fools
The real joke is plastic recycling to begin with. It's an inferior product, one much more likely to produce harmful microplastics.
Almost as bad as biodegradable plastics.
Reduce, reuse, recycle. Recycling is supposed to be the last resort, not the first choice for profits.
What really gets me is when I was young there was little to no plastic and we had plenty of convenience food with mainly paper, glass, and metal.
Personally, I think the 1982 Tylenol Murders were the flashpoint that ignited the rise of overpackaging. Everything is tamper-proof sealed, which means more plastic.