Officials want to ensure recycling sent overseas is reusedGovernment departments have proposed a plan to ensure the thousands of tonnes of recycling sent overseas every year is actually being recycled — but have rejected a plea for a total ban on exports. We aren’t recycling that plastic, it’s being buried in poor peoples country’s! Recycling has always been a scam…Auckland Council contractor accused of mixing rubbish and recycling in one truckA central Auckland business owner claims he saw a council contractor throwinglandfill and recycling into the same rubbish truck. It has sparked accusations of hypocrisy as Auckland Council has threatened to removed recycling bins from residents who are not following the rules. It’s not about you becoming a flexitarian and championing bike lanes FFS, it’s about mega corporations being allowed to profit from the end of the world!

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2024 01:59 UTC