Wish-cycling is tossing something in the recy-cling
jobs in North Carolina. The better we
Every three minutes, North Carolinians
send enough plastic bottles to landfills to
line the length of Wrightsville Beach.
ALLISON POTTER
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Quick FACTS
bin because you hope it’s recyclable.
There are over 16,000 private sector recy-cling
recycle, the more jobs can be created.
Only 9% of plastic recyclables in the
U.S. are actually recycled.
Aluminum is infinitely recyclable.
Plastic eventually becomes unusable,
but aluminum can be used, recycled
and reused countless times.
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