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You're getting downvoted but you are correct. If humans cared they would demand aluminum/glass containers, and only the most recyclable of plastics be in use.
by lost_tourist 4y ago
You're getting downvoted but you are correct. If humans cared they would demand aluminum/glass containers, and only the most recyclable of plastics be in use.
- ben-schaaf 4y ago"Humans" did demand recyclable materials, which is why with a looming threat of regulation the plastics industry lied about plastic being recyclable. Industry has a vastly higher capacity to lie, obscure and deflect than any individual has to uncover and understand the full and total consequences of their purchases.
- fractallyte 4y agoAnd you're still ignoring the role of the consumer. How much of that recyclable trash is dumped? Why does it end up in waterways, and eventually the ocean? That's a problem that's completely separate from the plastics industry. It's a problem of individual responsibility - which is the ‚elephant in the room' for so many people in this discussion.
- fractallyte 4y agoAnd you're equally getting downvoted for stating something that is also absolutely correct: "If humans cared..." The amount of garbage ending up in oceans proves definitively that humans don't care. This completely disregards the recyclability of that garbage. It doesn't matter how much effort the producers put into making their products 'green'. The problem is with filthy, apathetic consumers. How do we fix that?
- lost_tourist 4y agoso maybe it's time for us to extinct ourselves?