That’s right folks! Costco, for whatever reason changed the tortilla strip chip bag from a perfectly recyclable bag to this piece of shit bag that you can’t recycle.
That’s right folks! Costco, for whatever reason changed the tortilla strip chip bag from a perfectly recyclable bag to this piece of shit bag that you can’t recycle.
although there are ongoing experiments for this, results aren’t promising.
standard road asphalt contains recycled tires for their elasticity and longevity. there have been cases where plastics have been used in the formation of walking/bike paths, but recent investigations have discovered an inordinate amount of microplastics have found their way into watersheds in the vicinity of these paths.
sometimes a bad product is a bad product. due to the hubris of oil companies they continue to market and sell these products as “recyclable” when in reality the process of recycling them is a costly and complicated solution that has been proven within the confines of a lab test.
it took the US 70 years to identify and stop using lead based paints in home construction. it was replaced with…you guessed it, oil based paints that contain plastics. we’re currently running up to 60 years on that. I wonder what the next big thing will be?
You should check out asphalt. When it rains you can see a slick of oil coming off of it. Its literally tar.
https://www.asphaltmagazine.com/understanding-how-tires-are-used-in-asphalt/
it’s all petroleum based. my point is that oils aren’t left behind in our bodies, solid plastics are.