It turns out that AirTags were mixed in with plastic trash and piled up in vacant lots instead of being recycled
Environmentalists reported that after disposing of AirTags as plastic waste, they discovered that plastic recycling was not being done properly.
Texas woman uses AirTags to see where recyclable plastics REALLY end up - and is left speechless | Daily Mail Online
Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/texas-resident-used-apple-airtags-to-discover-plastics-taken-to-houston-recycling-centers-arent-being-recycled
Brandi Deason, who lives in Houston, Texas, dropped an AirTag , a lost property tracker, into her trash to see where her plastic waste was going. She assumed the trash would be recycled immediately, but it never got processed, and when she checked later, she discovered that millions of pieces of trash were just piling up on the grounds of a private recycling facility.
In Houston, a recycling program called the 'Houston Recycle Collaboration' will begin in 2022, with the aim of 'recycling all types of plastic that are put in recycling bins.' Regarding this, Deason said, 'When the city's recycling program started, I was skeptical because it accepted styrofoam and other items that are not normally considered recyclable. I wanted to see where the trash was going,' he said, explaining why he put in the AirTag.
The site where Deason's AirTag arrived was owned by a company called Wright Waste Management, which had acquired waste through the Houston Recycling Collaborative, but had not actually built a processing facility and simply collected the waste.
Deason, who worked with CBS News to photograph the facility, said he saw piles of trash more than 10 feet tall, some of which overlapped with surrounding vegetation. 'There's also a risk of fire in the hot Texas climate,' he said, raising concerns that toxic fumes could contaminate the surrounding area.
Wright Waste Management explained that 'a large amount of plastic will be needed when the treatment facility begins operations, so it is piling up on the site.' However, according to the company's announced operating schedule, operations will not begin until eight to nine months from now, and some are concerned that if things continue as they are, the facility will not be able to accommodate the increasing amount of waste.
In addition, some environmental groups have said, 'Wright Waste Management uses recycling technology from other companies that claims to recycle all types of plastic, but this technology involves crushing plastic, melting it at high heat and remolding it, which can lead to air pollution,' and pointed out that the city's recycling program itself is flawed.
Related Posts:
in Posted by log1p_kr