What does really happens to the plastics we recycle?
First of all, we need to know that plastic can be recycled 2 times only, after that it needs to be disposed.
This the reason why it is a MUST to reduce the use of it!!
Accordingly with Skynews:
"More than 130 million metric tonnes of single-use plastic was thrown away in 2019, almost all of which is burned, buried in landfill, or discarded directly into the environment."
Also, the article highlights the fact that at times rubbish is exported from rich countries into the poorer ones as in Africa, in the case of the UK to Turkey.
WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO TO REDUCE THE USE OF PLASTIC?
Further information: https://news.sky.com/story/revealed-the-20-companies-producing-more-than-half-of-worlds-single-use-plastic-waste-12309940