The Fallacies Of Plastic Recycling

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as the process of taking a material which has been previously used and using it again for the same or a different purpose. This process has first been recorded as ordinary practice during the time of Plato in 400B.C. where broken tools, ash, and pottery were found stockpiled for use during times where new material was not available. (3 Wiki) As the years progressed, knowledge of new compounds as well as innovative techniques has brought recycling to an entirely new level giving the ability to reuse a greater variety of ores and products. This new found knowledge has in fact had its days with keeping the earth cleaner than usual but too much of a good thing can be bad. Recycling was first used mainly to salvage products which would have been intended for the trash and this process worked very well until big business corporations dipped their hands a little too deep into the pot. Plastics are all sorted out before they are recycled, some a high grade which sell for up to $3000.00 ...

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