
A pickup plastic installation in Indonesia
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In 2022, the world rejected about 268 million tons of plastic waste, but only 14% of it was recycled by about 38 million tons, according to a new analysis. The rest burned or, it is likely to flip into the landfill.
Although more and more concern Plastic contamination public health and environmental impactsThe global recycling rate of this material has been stopped for one year. Is it time to accept the failure for the plastic recycling?