Your Recycling is not always being recycled - here’s why

For most of us, when we think about recycling, we think that the plastic items that we leave by the curb for pick up by our garbage collection company will be remade into new products. But that is not always what is happening.

The video presented below explains what happens to potentially recyclable plastics once they are taken away. Think of them as commodities to bought from the collectors for repurposing into new products.

The video is about 5 minutes long, and we offer it as another opportunity to become aware of what is happening in the plastics recycling business and what are some of the alternatives to improving the possibilities of dealing with plastics.

Your Recycling is not always being recycled- here's why

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