• droans@lemmy.world
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    Burning waste qualifies as recycling.

    I used to work for a specialty waste company. We would brag about our ability to recycle better than any of our competitors. Because we would burn most of the waste.

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      I’m in the industry, at least in the US, and this is not technically accurate… especially not using the language and common understanding of the layperson.

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          Disposal and/or treatment of waste. Unless its “waste-to-energy”—in which case you’d use that terminology, but you’d never call either “recycling.”