On the recordJune 8, 2021
I will just say that, despite Oregon's recycling, because it has a returnable deposit on bottles, it still--it still recycles only a very small proportion of plastics.
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Merkley emphasizes the limitations of Oregon's recycling despite its deposit system.
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