Amanda Rowoldt used to carefully collect all the plastic bags that accumulated in her home and drop them off in recycling bins at her local grocery store. She felt like she was “doing the right thing for the planet and for future generations.”
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Amanda Rowoldt used to carefully collect all the plastic bags that accumulated in her home and drop them off in recycling bins at her local grocery store. She felt like she was “doing the right thing for the planet and for future generations.”
It wasn’t until years later that she learned there is no safe and effective way to recycle plastics. The bags in those bins were most likely ending up in a landfill. Angry and frustrated, the mother of two made it her mission to uncover the other myths she’d been told about plastic.
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