Dropping a plastic bottle into a blue recycling bin feels like a straightforward environmental action. However, the path your plastic takes after leaving your curb is far more complex than most consumers realize.  While materials like aluminum and glass can be melted down repeatedly without losing quality, plastic behaves differently. Most of what we toss […] The post Where Does Your Recycled Plastic Actually Go? (And Why Most Doesn’t Get Recycled) appeared first on Environment .