Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squareSteal WoollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·27 days ago9% sounds a lot higher than I’d previously heard
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agothats globally, though, in America its only about half that.
minus-squareRiven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·27 days agoYea I was about to mention. Japan is probably propping up that number since they recycle pretty much everything.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·edit-227 days agoNoooooo, noooooo. Where’d you hear that? Japan packages EVERY.THING. in plastic. They have a plastic problem, actually. Edit: downvote all you want, but: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/publication_documents/pub/reportchapter/en/12341/PlasticAtlasAsia2022_en_WEB_1.pdf
minus-squareRiven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoYea I’m aware they use plastic for everything, but they also recycle everything possible. https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00252.html
9% sounds a lot higher than I’d previously heard
thats globally, though, in America its only about half that.
Yea I was about to mention. Japan is probably propping up that number since they recycle pretty much everything.
Noooooo, noooooo. Where’d you hear that?
Japan packages EVERY.THING. in plastic. They have a plastic problem, actually.
Edit: downvote all you want, but: https://www.iges.or.jp/en/publication_documents/pub/reportchapter/en/12341/PlasticAtlasAsia2022_en_WEB_1.pdf
Yea I’m aware they use plastic for everything, but they also recycle everything possible.
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00252.html