Several companies are engaged in mining America\u2019s rich plastic mines, hidden in landfills throughout the land, to extract the oil that these plastics were made from in the first place.\u00a0 Since many plastics are deemed as \u201cunrecyclable\u201d these endeavors come as a welcome change in that they could help reduce America\u2019s dependence on foreign oil and diminish those landfills.\u00a0 Several environmental benefits might come from this.<\/p>\n
Since 93 percent of plastics are not recycled, this landfill mass grows quickly, and often puts a burden on local municipalities and industries.\u00a0 Much of this waste plastic is sent to China, where it is burned, generating a high degree of toxic and greenhouse gases such as methane.<\/p>\n