Plastic recycling in Uruguay: realities and complexities

Abstract

In recent decades, the role of plastic in the global economy has increased considerably and this is largely due to its own qualities. The main drawback of this material is the difficulty it presents for its disposal or recycling. From the anthropological discipline as a science committed to revealing all the cultural and social manifestations of society, the recycling of plastic waste is the subject of treatment of this anthropocene era, so this work on the recycling of plastics in Uruguay does not escape the vivid reality in its discards, processes and possible utopian futures.

Keywords:
plastics; properties; recycling; process; recycling chain