When Recycling Is Bad for the Environment

Recycling plastic is tricky business, and many plastics are better off as garbage.

By Rachel Cernansky
Jul 6, 2009 5:00 AMJun 27, 2023 2:57 PM

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You just polished off some yogurt and, because of that chasing-arrows symbol on the bottom of the container, you assume it should go in the recycle bin. Right?

Not necessarily.

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