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But if the plastic is put in a local landfill (my local waste is) then is there any non-negligible harm? (As an aside: I find it odd you seem to have plastic r
by concordDance 3y ago
But if the plastic is put in a local landfill (my local waste is) then is there any non-negligible harm?
(As an aside: I find it odd you seem to have plastic reduction as a similar priority to oil use reduction given the effects of climate change seem far more severe than even third world plastic disposal)
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agoyou realize that plastic is oil, right? plastic reduction is oil reduction.
- sofixa 3y ago> But if the plastic is put in a local landfill (my local waste is) then is there any non-negligible harm? Wasteful consumption of oil for a single use. And your local landfill isn't set in stone, a natural disaster or neglect can release the trash in it in nature. > (As an aside: I find it odd you seem to have plastic reduction as a similar priority to oil use reduction given the effects of climate change seem far more severe than even third world plastic disposal) But we don't really know what the impact of all the plastic everywhere is, like we didn't (widely) know what the impact of lots of carbon emissions is. And when we started realising it, it was still drastically underestimate (see: every month is breaking temperature records at an unexpected pace). Reducing oil consumption by reducing plastic consumption, and also reducing the amount of plastic in nature, are both important. Both will prevent potential ecosystem collapses.