# 'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to your rubbish? | Environment | The Guardian

<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-recycling-myth-what-really-happens-your-rubbish>

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## What Jamie wrote

So mostly plastic just gets sent somewhere we can’t see it and then, well, nothing really after that.

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