I read that Taiwan has one of the best recycling systems in the world. They recycle most of their plastic. Is that really true? If so why are not other countries doing the same?
Yes. Itâs true because there is a nation-wide law mandating it for every household. In the US for example, only certain cities like NYC have household recycling mandates.
I doubt itâs true as written there.
Maybe most PET is recycled, or maybe âmostâ (more than half, or 60-90%, or whatever) of domestic plastic or total plastic is collected for recycling or incineration, but I seriously doubt that most of the plastic used in Taiwan is actually recycled.
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Two articles about Taiwan recycling
Just because people ĺéĄ here does not mean the plastic is actually being made into new things. Cuz itâs not. Raw/virgin plastic is still significantly cheaper than recycled plastic, so it is still the default plastic of choice for almost all plastic goods
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Itâs two times the same article
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Tzu Chi handles most of the recycling matters
This is the second article
Our custodian/guard for our building takes care of getting trash ready for someone else in neighborhood to pick up. But they do not take the food trash. If you want to bring separated food trash you must do it at night yourself. We do not have time to that so we put it in with regular trash. Not against law and nobody has said anything about doing it
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