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Plastic is the hardest material to recycle on earth because:

1: Plastic has to be separated into many different kinds by hand

2: If a mixture of plastic is not recycled together they either contaminate the melt or you get a lower grade of plastic than the originals. This is called "downcucling".

3: Plastics need more energy to recycle than any other materials

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The hardest item to recycle are anything that involves styrofoam. It takes much longer for it to degrade compared to that of plastics and metals.

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