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This is the short and correct description of what recycling is. It is a distraction so the packaging industry can fill the earth with garbage whilst we feel OK
by andrewstuart 4y ago
This is the short and correct description of what recycling is.
It is a distraction so the packaging industry can fill the earth with garbage whilst we feel OK about it.
I'm so deeply indoctrinated to believe the recycling lie that I continue to sort my garbage despite believing it all just gets dumped into landfill.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoGlass pop/soda bottles were recycled at grocery stores for decades before plastic recycling was popularized.
- kccqzy 4y agoI think that's just reusing, not recycling. To this day I still buy milk in a glass bottle that comes with a bottle deposit I need to pay. After I'm done with the milk I bring it back to the store to get my deposit back, while they ship the empty glass bottle back. They wash it and then fill it with new milk. It's easy to tell because the bottle only contains a printed logo, all the information that can change such as expiration date or the type of milk are not printed on the bottle at all. That's different from aluminum can recycling or paper recycling. Those are made into raw aluminum billets or pulp to be manufactured again.
- pests 4y agoI have an old-fashioned milk delivery service near me that still uses glass bottles. They charge $2 deposit per bottle regardless of size. Works pretty well.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoSame here all over Phoenix metropolitan area, but the dairy coordinates with grocers for bottle trades.