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I care very deeply about the degree of harm done to living creatures by the exposure to toxic chemicals used in everyday products. Recycling plastic waste is indeed a good thing, however it's more pressing that we reconsider the safe use of plastics entirely. The road surface is subject to all manner of environmental exposure, and is a very direct vector into our drinking water.

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> Recycling plastic waste is indeed a good thing

Is it? It seems increasingly like it isn't, it's just that we've now got entire generations of people for whom this idea is an article of faith. We were raised on a steady diet of greenwashing. We've been hearing it on a regular basis, from authoritative sounding sources, for so long - perhaps since before we can remember - that it's hard to imagine it not being true.

I'll further qualify my statement: "Recycling plastic waste _would be_ a good thing if it existed in some feasible, safe form".

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