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Things like this are basically sticking plasters for hiding real social and cultural issues. Example: I always get 2 or more times uses out of every polythene
by esalman 5y ago
Things like this are basically sticking plasters for hiding real social and cultural issues.
Example: I always get 2 or more times uses out of every polythene shopping bag that I get my hands on. At least once for carrying groceries, once for carrying trash, and maybe once or twice more for storage.
If everyone did that, the demand and production of polythene bags would go down by at least half. This is something almost every household in a 3rd world country do. But almost nobody does that in a first world country- instead they waste resources on green buildings and such.
- dehrmann 5y ago> But almost nobody does that in a first world country Bags cost a few cents each. I spend $100 per month on natural gas to heat a poorly insulated apartment during the winter.
- esalman 5y agoThat's also a feature of first world countries. There's a reason low-middle income countries are concentrated around the equator and high income countries are in the high latitudes.