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Recycling is a meme created by corporations that benefit from filling the planet with junk. That little numbered recycling triangle on every plastic bottle - pu
by andersrs 3y ago
Recycling is a meme created by corporations that benefit from filling the planet with junk. That little numbered recycling triangle on every plastic bottle - public relations stunt.
They even made a TV advert featuring an Italian actor as American Indian shedding a tear.
Decades ago glass bottles used to be taken back to the factory, washed and reused. These days every package is a unique shape because of marketing ensuring each package is incompatible with other brands. We need a shipping container (docker) concept for packaging. Consumers are not going to solve this problem as we're easily tricked by greenwashing produced by PR and marketing teams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJnJ8mK3Q3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJnJ8mK3Q3g
- klyrs 3y agoWow... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody
- sschueller 3y agoThis is true for the US but I there are good functional recycling concepts that work in Europe and probably even in some places in the US. What I would like to see is a limit on which plastics can be used in packaging which is destined for trash incinerating so that no additives are present that are difficult to filter. Most trash here where I live is incinerated to produce electricity and heat for the surrounding building.
- yMEyUyNE1 3y agoReduce is attacked by advertising and marketing. Reuse is squeezed under social pressure. Recycle (lends itself well for business) is targeted by businesses.
- sharemywin 3y agoThe whole global system would collapse under Reduce.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoI've seen reused plastic bottles, and even bought and returned one filled with orangeade before. German company, I think. Dead giveaway was the outside looking super scuffed up, and it being thick as hell. Also, it having a deposit added at the checkout.