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You've just moved the landfill to your house, instead of somewhere else. Where do you think it's going to go when you are dead? Waste is created at purchase, n
by unforeseen9991 4y ago
You've just moved the landfill to your house, instead of somewhere else. Where do you think it's going to go when you are dead?
Waste is created at purchase, not at exit.
- yellowapple 4y ago> Where do you think it's going to go when you are dead? Hopefully to someone else with a similar penchant for collecting junk. > Waste is created at purchase, not at exit. Waste only becomes such once it loses all potential for use.
- unforeseen9991 4y agoVery good counterpoints, especially the second. I suppose there is also the chance that recycling and reuse options continue to advance as technology moves forward.
- yellowapple 4y agoThat's what I'm hoping for, and a key reason why I rationalize hanging onto even broken parts when possible. Maybe they're useless now, but who knows what sorts of neat tricks we might devise to give them greater purpose than to be entirely destroyed forever. Hell, even if they remain useless forever, there's at least a slim chance they'll stick around for enough generations to eventually be interesting for historians or collectors.