Plastics often contain multiple resins, are mixed with dyes and additives, or are affixed with difficult-to-remove stickers and labels, all of which can cause them to be rerouted to the incinerator or trash bin.
Throughout his tour of disfigured landscapes and industrial incinerators, Mr Franklin-Wallis decries the tactic of " planned obsolescence" : ie, the marketing of products that quickly need to be replaced.
" Waste Wars" also contains jaw-dropping but forgotten stories, such as that of the Khian Sea, a vessel carrying a season's worth of ash from garbage incinerators in Philadelphia, which set sail for the Bahamas in 1986.
55.a new stop valve to be installed before the waste oil filter of waste oil incinerator for convenient slushing , the drain screw to be changed with cook
So this is an injustice on two sides: people not getting the medicine that they need to survive and to thrive, and that very same medication being sent to a medical waste incinerator to be destroyed.
It goes to a separate place, to a plastic recycling plant, to a factory, something akin to the end of " Toy Story 3" where they're all heading to this big incinerator.