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RE: Keep It Simple And Smart blog prompt: Minimalism and an Environmentally Friendly Lifestyle

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I wish so many people in Nigeria could learn about recycling. It would have been good. People litter the floor too much here and it is really bad

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Oh, people litter here too. And they don't recycle even where it exists, or they "wish cycle," which is where they put in things that can't be recycled into the recycling so it messes up the whole load if it isn't caught.
And even if done correctly, only 9% of plastic ever made has been recycled. Recycling plastic is mostly a lie, which is why I try to eliminate it as much as possible.

I don't know if you heard a couple of years ago, but western countries used to send most of their plastic recycling to China and then China said they wouldn't take it anymore? It's because it was always contaminated with stuff that shouldn't be in there.