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Dangling are plastic packets of soap, shampoo and detergent, and all that plastic cannot be recycled. Only hard plastic is recycled, and it's such a tedious and low paying process, it's barely economically feasible. The First World generates the most plastic, thus the most plastic garbage, all of which it sends elsewhere to be recycled. China used to handle the bulk of this, but it has cut back considerably, and that's why there are mountains of plastic garbage in the First World, including the US.



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