I’ve randomly heard various iterations of the claim recycling is a scam but never received a fleshed-out explanation or anything

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
    3·
    3 days ago

    Virgin plastic is of course better quality, but it is not cheaper than recycled. Both vergin and recycled material is related to oil pricing. When oil surges and plastic prices go up, then suppliers are more likely to purchase recycled material to lower costs. But only about 20% regrind goes into new products.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 days ago

      I’ll have to update my priors now to see how this latest oil price increase affects the new versus recycled plastic difference.