Why You Should Be Recycling Less

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In today’s world of ever-piling trash, we are often told to “recycle” our way out of our waste problem. We forget that “reduce, reuse, recycle” is actually a hierarchy, with recycling at the bottom. Today, only 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled, as our recycling systems are failing. Reuse systems - where businesses collect, sanitize, and reuse packaging - are our greatest tool yet to eliminate single-use waste in all forms. Listen to experts in the new reuse economy as they describe how to create these innovative and disruptive systems at scale—and end single-use waste once-and-for-all.