If you recycle then it's probably just going to a street or ocean somewhere else. Plastic recycling is more or less made up.
They could go into a furnace to get turned into heat, electricity and CO2.
In theory yes, in practice they will be "exported" to a thrid world country with limited processing capabilities and directly dumped into the ocean.
They could go into a furnace to get turned into heat, electricity and CO2.
In theory yes, in practice they will be "exported" to a thrid world country with limited processing capabilities and directly dumped into the ocean.