Recyling plastic? It’s a con job. Has been all along.
The US used to send most of its used plastic to China for recycling, but two years ago China said that’s enough now, and no one else wants it.
… Read the restBut when Leebrick tried to tell people the truth about burying all the other plastic, she says people didn’t want to hear it.
“I remember the first meeting where I actually told a city council that it was costing more to recycle than it was to dispose of the same material as garbage,” she says, “and it was like heresy had been spoken in the room: You’re lying. This is gold. We take the time to clean it, take the