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More than 9/10 times, it's not recyclable.
Literally less than 10% all of the plastic in the history of plastic has been recycled.
And the 10% that is, probably shouldn't be. The recycling process releases massive quantities of micro-plastics into our waterways, and from there into our soil, and so into our food.