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Your recycling probably isn't being recycled. Here's the data.
Pieter Levels put an AirTag in his plastic recycling to track where it ends up. His experiment surfaces a much bigger problem: we have no idea if our recycling actually gets recycled. PainSignal data shows this is just one of 147 waste management issues people want solved.
via Pieter Levels Blog·Jun 1, 2026
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Your AirTag Recycling Test Is Just the Beginning: Here's the Real Opportunity
Pieter Levels' viral AirTag experiment exposes recycling's dirty secret. But labeling it all a hoax misses bigger problems—and bigger opportunities. PainSignal data shows exactly which waste streams need disruption.
via Pieter Levels Blog·Jun 1, 2026
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