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How to fix recycling

How to fix recycling

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Throwing processed, synthetic materials in giant piles to slowly decay seems silly. But recycling is in crisis and problematic itself. Only 10% of plastic is recycled? That's bananas.

What are the good solutions for recycling? Here's one that sounds great, but may be difficult to implement: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/just-10-us-plastic-gets-recycled-new-kind-plastic-could-change

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We have to recycle in Canada so I'm sure it's more than 10% here.
I'm sure you know all electronics like computers and cellphones have Silver and Gold in them.
A typical cellphone has 1/3rd of a gram of silver!
Millions of discarded cellphones sitting in a landfill somewhere.
Find a cost effective way to retrieve and recycle those cellphones and you're rich 😊

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@chessturd said
We have to recycle in Canada so I'm sure it's more than 10% here.
I'm sure you know all electronics like computers and cellphones have Silver and Gold in them.
A typical cellphone has 1/3rd of a gram of silver!
Millions of discarded cellphones sitting in a landfill somewhere.
Find a cost effective way to retrieve and recycle those cellphones and you're rich 😊
what about cardboard?

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I'm a silver bug.
I care not for recycling.

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