- New study suggests plastic recycling facilities may be significant source of microplastics pollution released into water systems https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772416623000803 40 comments futurology
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- Yet another problem with recycling: It spews microplastics | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/yet-another-problem-with-recycling-it-spews-microplastics/ 179 comments
- Plastics Recycling Is Far Worse Than We Thought – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/05/plastics-recycling-failure-microplastics-pollution-study/ 107 comments
- Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230530-tackling-plastic-pollution-we-can-t-recycle-our-way-out-of-this 83 comments
- Yet Another Problem With Recycling: It Spews Microplastics | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/yet-another-problem-with-recycling-it-spews-microplastics/ 76 comments
- Recycling can release huge quantities of microplastics, study finds | Plastics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/recycling-can-release-huge-quantities-of-microplastics-study-finds 9 comments
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- How recycling centers could be making our plastics problem worse - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/05/22/plastic-recycling-microplastic-pollution/ 2 comments