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I hope everyone concludes that the top level strategy everyone can implement is to reduce plastic use and demand at every level -- government, corporate, and, y
by spodek 7y ago
I hope everyone concludes that the top level strategy everyone can implement is to reduce plastic use and demand at every level -- government, corporate, and, yes, individual.
Recycling is a tactic. Without a strategy, a tactic often won't work and can even be counterproductive.
Reducing production is a strategy. We should always focus first on the strategy, then tactics.
I recorded a podcast episode on reducing being strategic and efficiency being tactical https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/183-reusing-and-recycling-are-tactical-reducing-is-strategic https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod....
- lotsofpulp 7y agoRecycling was a way to get people to feel better about their consumption, and for certain politicians to tout they “did” something. It’s never made sense since day 1. As a kid, I couldn’t figure out how the hell recycling was working because everywhere I saw, all the recycling “policies” were being violated, and unless there was a massive team at the recycling center re-sorting it all, it made no sense why we had to sort it in the first place. Turns out, it was just getting dumped in China. Reducing consumption is the only solution.
- tdurden 7y agoAnd now China isn't even taking it anymore [1] Most recycling programs in the U.S. are little more than a social experiment at this point. [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china-has-stopped-accepting-our-trash/584131/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/china...
- daxfohl 7y agoHow did you learn about recycling policies and their violations as a kid? Given the article, none of this is easy to obtain knowledge.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoI meant watching people throw the wrong type of recyclables in the wrong bins, and ignoring all the numbers.