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IshKebab on Sept 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: California aims to ban recycling symbols on things...

I doubt that is true. Surely anything with significant metal content is separated magnetically for example. Card isn't explicitly mentioned but I'm pretty sure if they can recycle cardboard and paper then they can recycle card.

skybrian on Sept 9, 2021 [–]

This is an example of "aspirational recycling" where you guess what they will do.

Unfortunately we never get any feedback about whether we were right or wrong. It could all be sent to the landfill and we will never know.

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