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Lots of types of plastic. Sure you might be able to hand them off to someone else, but there's no guarantee they are not just headed for a landfill.
It saddens me that many types of plastic cannot be recycled in any economic or environmentally friendly manner. โน๏ธ
Like hell, they told us that plastic in general should last like 400 years. Well phuck, I'm only 42 years old and my fucking hairbrush is already obviously degrading.