Even metal is very difficult to recycle, especially cars - it's often very difficult to separate the non-recyclable materials from the recyclable materials.
Cradle to Cradle (McDonough) addresses these concerns. The book is printed with a hot-water soluble ink on infinitely recyclable plastic.
Most recycled plastic bottles end up in carpet, which cannot be recycled again - and is thrown out.
Paper I wouldn't be so concerned about if we used something a little more environmentally friendly to farm and process - like hemp (the processing step for tree-paper contains many noxious chemicals that are unnecessary in processing hemp for paper).
Cradle to Cradle (McDonough) addresses these concerns. The book is printed with a hot-water soluble ink on infinitely recyclable plastic.
Most recycled plastic bottles end up in carpet, which cannot be recycled again - and is thrown out.
Paper I wouldn't be so concerned about if we used something a little more environmentally friendly to farm and process - like hemp (the processing step for tree-paper contains many noxious chemicals that are unnecessary in processing hemp for paper).