Broward County is east of where I live. It turns out that a lot of its curbside recycling for residents is actually being dumped at the local dump. They said they don't have the facilities or staff to recycle.
This includes glass bottles. Glass should always be recycled. It can be used again and again without losing any quality. Which is unlike plastic. Florida has set a goal of recycling 75% of its waste by 2020. However, they count trash burned in incinerators (to create energy) as recycling.
That's why it's important to reduce what we buy, and use what we already have. Recycling is obviously not the answer. But what are we supposed to do with all the plastic that already exists?
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