Reply #9: I know it can be recycled efficiently, but can it be collected? [View All]

[ThomWV]

I'm just wondering if the total of recycling, collection, and transportation energy costs might be higher in total than the cost of making new plastic. It seems to me that usually when you see recycling costs presented they really only speak to the in-factory cost of taking a chunk of refuse and turning it into a useful product. They tend to ignore the effort and materials that went into finding the plastic, picking it up, sorting it (?), and moving it to the place of processing.

I dunno, just a thought.