Bitcoin Tech Talk 522 Oct 12, 2026 ∙ Paid 1 Share Interesting Stuff Recycling Scam - Works in Progress does the math on recycling and comes to the conclusion that it’s wasteful and stupid compared to just burying the trash in landfills. Among other things I learned, about 25% of what goes in the recycling bin is contamination which means that the separation doesn’t do very much. Processing mid-grade plastics loses nearly half the material and recycling a ton of plastic costs thousands more than just making new plastic. Modern landfills, meanwhile, capture 75-95% of methane, use multi-lay
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