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> Recycling just increases the chance that it's going to end up as low-quality plastic polluting the environment. I don't follow your logic. Say you consume 10
by guiambros 3y ago
> Recycling just increases the chance that it's going to end up as low-quality plastic polluting the environment.
I don't follow your logic. Say you consume 10 units of plastic per year; if 5 of them are still good to be recycled, and 5 end up in the landfill as degraded "low-quality plastic" (whatever that means), you net landfill contribution is 5/yr.
Why would be sending 10 units/yr of "high-quality plastic" be any better?
In practice, the issue is economic; it's cheaper to produce new plastic than to fix the entire recycling supply-chain.
Until we have a carbon tax over plastic manufacturers that equalizes the recycling costs, it'll be hard to create systemic change just based on consumers' consciousness.
- kyleyeats 3y ago[flagged]
- hatsix 3y agoIf you're not familiar with different types of social etiquette, then you simply don't know enough to participate in discussions. In this case, educate. Let's assume that you're correct... you have specific knowledge that could change the way the OP thinks about plastic. What exactly is your goal of participating in this conversation if it isn't to have a back and forth and learn from each other? Maybe, by actually having a conversation with this person, you could better understand what misconceptions exist and how to combat them?
- kyleyeats 3y agoI'd rather just dismiss him as a knob.
- kridsdale1 3y agoWe don’t do that here.