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		When plastics were first invented, they seemed to promise a utopian future (jstor.org)
		2 points by orcul on June 9, 2019 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

haecceity on June 9, 2019 [–]

Is it that it's cheaper to produce new plastic materials than to recycle old plastic and then produce the material?

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