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I am constantly baffled by just how much cardboard is being used. I would be very curious to read about its environmental impact.
by alexpetralia 6y ago
I am constantly baffled by just how much cardboard is being used. I would be very curious to read about its environmental impact.
- rolleiflex 6y agoCardboard, per a story that was on HN a few weeks ago, is both almost entirely recyclable and has economic value. So the problem with cardboard isn’t even that it’s wasted, but that it’s being stolen from trash bins for recycling. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53724620 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53724620 It’s one of the reminders that the invisible hand of economics, incentivised properly, can solve not all, but a surprising lot.