07-17-2023, 06:20 PM
(07-17-2023, 12:45 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(07-16-2023, 11:17 PM)plam Wrote: It's recently been coming up in the news here that NZers think that recycling is the top thing they can do about climate change but there was a 2020 study that ranked it #60 (https://www.newsroom.co.nz/kiwis-still-d...hange-poll). Still useful to reduce landfill pressure and methane emissions, and we should do all the things, but there are more impactful things.
Recycling plastics will reduce the amount of microplastics in the environment. Not a climate change impact as such, but there is certainly an environmental benefit.
Hmm, does it, or are the recycled plastics (and the narrow range of recyclable plastics doesn't help) also going to shed microplastics? Also from clothing and stupid things like microbeads in beauty products.