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Texas woman uses AirTags to see where her recyclable plastics end up

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74% Informative

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'.

VR Score

64

Informative language

58

Neutral language

31

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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