AirTags Track Recycling Plastics
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•Texas woman uses AirTags to see where her recyclable plastics end up
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Brandy Deason , an environmentalist, tucked 12 AirTags in her recycling bin and watched them move throughout Houston .
Deason became suspicious when Houston launched a new program in 2022 that accepted certain plastics that are not typically considered recyclable, such as Styrofoam .
City officials admitted that more than 250 tons of plastic have been collected since the end of 2022 , but none has yet to be actually recycled.
Wright Waste Management is poised to as the 'new frontier in recycling' but critics call the site 'a sham'.
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