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About 9% is recycled: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/03/06/only-9-o...

Recycled is really a misnomer though, more of a marketing term. Plastic can only be down-cycled. E.g. used food containers can never be recycled into new containers to hold food ever again. Usually after a couple of hops it's roadbase or landfill.




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