Jump City Recycling Center
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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances: Polly Ethylene and Tara Phthalate
Powers: Not Applicable
Voiced By: Not Applicable
Polly Ethylene and Tara Phthalate took the Teen Titans to the Jump City Recycling Plant to teach them about the power of recycling. They showed them the conveyor belt where plastic bottles were fed into a machine to remove their waste, like labels, stray pieces of metal and any form of contaminated plastic. Beast Boy thought it was poop at first until Tara corrected him. Starfire asked how plastic could get contaminated. Polly explained any exposure to dirt or toxic substances led to contamination. Tara added that was why it was important for trash and plastics to be separated. Polly then explained the plastic was taken to another machine to be washed and dried. Cyborg and Starfire asked if Robin could be washed in it, too. When Robin lifted his arm to smell, Beast Boy pushed him into the machine. He and the plastic were chopped up and melted into tiny pellets to be made into new products like carpets, furniture, or tote bags. Polly and Tara used their powers to shift Robin into the various products and then back into his normal body.
They then taught them how to do simple recycling at home like cutting a soda bottle in half and using it as a planter. Robin asked why plastic was still ending up in the ocean. Polly revealed only nine percent of plastic waste gets recycled. The Titans were shocked. Tara told them the rest of the waste ends up in the great garbage patch, a moving island of trash. Robin realized that was the source of the trash washing up on the Titans' island. They agreed to take the Titans to the island but warned them of an evil warlord who only granted entrance to garbage. Robin didn't think that would be a problem. Cyborg informed Polly and Tara everyone thought they were garbage since the reboot started.