Nowadays, I often hear people say, “What’s the point of recycling, it all ends up in the trash anyway!” While waste processing is not perfect, this statement destroys faith in environmental protection systems. It is becoming increasingly clear that myths about plastic need to be addressed to restore people’s hope — not only in recycling but in the various institutions that do critical work to keep the planet clean.

While it is true that a high amount of plastic cannot be reused, the act of recycling is valuable because of the amount of plastic that we can save, and the positive, sustainable habits that recycling reaffirms.

Unlike recycled plastic, plastic that is thrown in the trash will undeniably end up in landfills, taking hundreds of years to break down. As many know, plastic is incr

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