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

  • CameronDev@programming.dev
    18·
    21 days ago

    Depends a lot on the material, and your location. Paper recycling, mostly legit. Metal, probably. Plastic, unlikely.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      21 days ago

      Metal: definately.

      Metal has been commonly recycled since the days of the village blacksmith.

      There is a commercial buyer of scrap metal in every city of any significant size, and has been for longer than the word “recycling” has been in daily use by the general public.

    • Ptsf@lemmy.world
      31·
      21 days ago

      Paper recycling unfortunately makes the problem worse than just sequestering the carbon in a landfill. :(