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Originally Posted by joey2665
I am by no means an environmentalist however we do use way too much plastic, especially the shopping bags. Also I disagree about the caustic chemical used in recycling. More and more companies are shifting to non caustic natural products to recycle paper and at worst the caustic chemicals do not stay around in a landfill for the next century like the straws and shopping bags.
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I was in the paper recycling industry, admittedly a long time ago, but other considerations: a byproduct of paper recycling is 'short paper fiber' AKA sludge. This goes into a land fill unless some other use has been found. Also the recycling process was (and I believe still is) energy intensive. No perfect solution... at least not yet.