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Environmental and ecological discussion, particularly of things like weather and other natural phenomena (especially if they're not breaking news).

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380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable. (grist.org)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We have a return scheme, $0.10 for each plastic bottle.

By all reports it's a pretty good set up. It's the other types of plastic that are the problem.