24. Are invisible barcodes the holy grail of plastic recycling?

Talking Rubbish - Podcast autorstwa James Piper, Robbie Staniforth - Czwartki

Did you know the packaging you buy today might be covered in invisible barcodes? These barcodes help recyclers to work out what type of plastic a yoghurt pot might be made of, or whether an empty bottle was full of drink or detergent. For this reason they are cited as the future of our packaging! How do they work and where might we find them? Plus, we explore battery collections, are train tickets rubbish or not and we answer a really big question, how bad really is glitter?

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