What is your source for that? According to the law, they have to use the correct symbol for the type of material. Are ou saying it isn’t enforced enough?
1 and 2 can be commercially and productively downcycled recycled (not just downcycled). The others are garbage though, and the biggest con was the plastic companies shifting the responsibility onto the consumer.
Not sure why you’re still saying the law is not enforced though. I don’t see any evidence for this at least in my country. Companies have to put the correct numbers on their materials, even if they can’t actually be recycled. Not sure what laws there are in other countries besides the USA.
Materials not recycled for consumer goods reuse are often ground and repelletized as fuel pellets. Not great, but better than mining more coal, drilling more oil etc
TIL: it IS regulated in 36/50 US states.
What is your source for that? According to the law, they have to use the correct symbol for the type of material. Are ou saying it isn’t enforced enough?
https://www.tricorbraun.com/media/wysiwyg/tb/tb_snapshots_and_insights/value-add/recycling-labels-legislation/TB_-_Recycling_Labels_Legislation_-_031724.pdf
It’s not enforced and not everyone lives in the USA.
https://just-zero.org/our-stories/explainer/the-hidden-truth-behind-recycling-labels-revealed/
Those symbols are being put on plastics that no region anywhere can recycle. They either end up in landfill, or moved to other countries to be burned.
1 and 2 can be commercially and productively downcycled
recycled (not just downcycled). The others are garbage though, and the biggest con was the plastic companies shifting the responsibility onto the consumer.EDIT: you were right they are not commercially recycled (instead they are downcycled, because virgin plastic is currently cheaper). https://oceana.org/blog/recycling-myth-month-plastic-bottle-you-thought-you-recycled-may-have-been-downcycled-instead/
Not sure why you’re still saying the law is not enforced though. I don’t see any evidence for this at least in my country. Companies have to put the correct numbers on their materials, even if they can’t actually be recycled. Not sure what laws there are in other countries besides the USA.
Materials not recycled for consumer goods reuse are often ground and repelletized as fuel pellets. Not great, but better than mining more coal, drilling more oil etc