When you toss that empty detergent jug into your recycling bin, you think you're doing the right thing for the environment, but here's what's actually happening.
Only about 9% of plastic gets recycled - the rest gets shipped overseas, dumped in landfills, or worse, ends up in our oceans.
While we are feeling good about recycling, these massive plastic jugs are piling up in processing facilities where most of them get rejected and sent straight to landfills…
Why?
Because bright colored plastic jugs are extremely difficult and expensive to recycle.
Over time, this plastic breaks down into microplastics that contaminate our water supply and marine ecosystems. These tiny plastic particles are now found in fish, sea turtles, and even whales who mistake plastic debris for food, leading to internal injuries, starvation, and death.