♻️ Because governments everywhere ask us to separate all our...
@levelsio@levelsio
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Feb 17, 2025
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♻️ Because governments everywhere ask us to separate all our plastic
I wanted to see if it would actually get recycled
So a few weeks ago, I taped an Airtag inside an empty plastic yogurt container
I then put it in the plastic recycling garbage container in my neighborhood
Where it ended up next you'll see in the next tweet...
I wanted to see if it would actually get recycled
So a few weeks ago, I taped an Airtag inside an empty plastic yogurt container
I then put it in the plastic recycling garbage container in my neighborhood
Where it ended up next you'll see in the next tweet...
@levelsio@levelsio
The entire world doesn't really recycle plastic and we've all been lied to for decades
Only about 9% of plastic is recycled
55% of plastic is dumped in a landfill (literally just buried)
25% or more is just burnt
Only about 9% of plastic is recycled
55% of plastic is dumped in a landfill (literally just buried)
25% or more is just burnt
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It stayed in the container for a few days, then was picked up and started its journey
It ended up at this garbage processing plant called Tratolixo
As you can see it's not a plastic specific plant at all, it's just garbage mixed with lots of other stuff like cardboard
And nothing is recycled here, it's all burnt to produce energy, which is fine but then why waste millions of hours of people's time by asking them to separate garbage?
The point being you can separate everything like a good citizen, it just ends up on the same pile anyway
And that pile gets burnt!
It ended up at this garbage processing plant called Tratolixo
As you can see it's not a plastic specific plant at all, it's just garbage mixed with lots of other stuff like cardboard
And nothing is recycled here, it's all burnt to produce energy, which is fine but then why waste millions of hours of people's time by asking them to separate garbage?
The point being you can separate everything like a good citizen, it just ends up on the same pile anyway
And that pile gets burnt!
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This was in Portugal by the way
But it's the same all over the world!
But it's the same all over the world!