addicted to plastic

Well now that I am back on the wagon, one thing has become clear is that the thing that is filling up my rubbish bin after taking out the organic matter for the compost, and recycling paper and plastics is UNRECYCLABLE PLASTICS.
Darebin is a great local council for recycling – they recycle number 1-6 plastics, which is rare for Melbourne. But there are still plastics that can’t be re-used, and this is the whole stuff that is in my bin that is eventually going to end up in landfill – and it is ALL PLASTIC, argh.

There is a great documentary coming up on ABC TV called Addicted to Plastic which unravels not only how unbiodegradable the material is but also the problems with recycling both as a non green industry but also as an incomplete ‘closed loop’ process.