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We never got good at recycling plastic. Some states are trying a new approach

NPR · Matthew Schuerman · last updated

After recycling’s failure to appreciably reduce the amount of plastic the U.S. throws away, some states are taking a new approach, transferring the onus of recycling from consumers to product manufacturers.

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