Plastic Atlas: The recycling myth

"We separate our rubbish and throw it into the right bins, and we think, OK, a disposable coffee cup is not the best, but if we dispose of it properly, we’ve done everything right – after all, it will be recycled. But in fact we are kidding ourselves, because a lot of the rubbish we generate doesn’t stay here but ends up somewhere else in the world." – Kai Schächtele - Project manager, Plastic Atlas Facts and figures about the world of synthetic polymers: boell.de/en/plasticatlas