I collected my plastic waste for a year, and learned the truth about recycling | Daniel Webb

We have been indoctrinated by a system that actually achieves little. It’s our throwaway culture that needs to changeI decided not to throw away any of my plastic waste for a year when, in 2016, while out on a run, I stumbled across vast amounts of plastic entangled in washed-up seaweed. Shortly after, a query to my local council regarding plastic recycling garnered the response: “I’m afraid it’s not available where you live.” But recycling is our way of doing good,