The oceans are full of plastic exactly because you recycle
The oceans are full of plastic exactly BECAUSE you recycle
The plastic you recyle is majority shipped to Asia and dumped into rivers and oceans there
It makes you feel good separating garbage but you're just polluting the oceans more than if you'd just burn it as general waste
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