You Don't Need Single-Use Plastic Bags. You Need a Mask

"'The problem is that capitalism relies on profit, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to profit from the recycling business. And the planet is suffering mightily for it. 'Recycling, frankly, ought to be a government function,' Szaky continues, 'like health care ought to be, or education ought to be, where it's done because it’s the right thing to do. But recycling is a completely private enterprise, which means it's going to function only on business equations.'"

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