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Surcharges

In the supply section of the article 2nd paragraph

(Container deposit legislation involves offering a refund for the return of certain containers, typically glass, plastic, and metal. When a product in such a container is purchased, a small surcharge is added to the price. This surcharge can be reclaimed by the consumer if the container is returned to a collection point. These programs have been very successful, often resulting in an 80 percent recycling rate. Despite such good results, the shift in collection costs from local government to industry and consumers has created strong opposition to the creation of such programs in some areas.)

the last line states that

• 1. there is a shift in collection costs
• 2. the industry and consumers are now paying for the collection costs.

I believe this is just a misunderstanding of the concept that the money you receive when returning the packaging is actually additional money that you spent when purchasing the item. this forces the consumer to return the packaging if they do not want to be the one paying for the disposal of the item.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.172.126 (talk) 02:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Microplastic

According to a recent study, recycling plastic releases a lot of microplastics — as much as 6-13% of the plastic processed. I think it's noteworthy to be added in the 'criticism' section

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/recycling-can-release-huge-quantities-of-microplastics-study-finds 85.158.156.2 (talk) 08:45, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Solvent/liquid recycling

This is somewhat related to green solvent but that article has a lot of issues. Doesn't a section on solvent recycling belong in this article, or at least in recycling by material? Acetic acid, for example, has 1/4th of its production needs met each year by recycling. Reconrabbit 17:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

See also section

CycloneYoris I don't see why you reverted these edits. Adding a link to the see also section is an improvement and the list already seems to have an established alphabetical order, of which placing "Wishcycling" where it is does not conform to this alphabetical order. Helper201 (talk) 22:12, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@Helper201: I originally thought that E-cycling and Energy recycling were the same thing, so I thought it was redundant to include both links at the same time. I've now undone my edits and restored the ones made by the IP. CycloneYoris 23:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. All the best. Helper201 (talk) 15:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

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