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"uses 20% ocean-bound-plastic" Yep someone is literally standing next to a river with a net catching chip bag wrappers and drink bottles and sending them back
by martyvis 2y ago
"uses 20% ocean-bound-plastic"
Yep someone is literally standing next to a river with a net catching chip bag wrappers and drink bottles and sending them back to the computer factory.
- luismedel 2y ago20% ocean-bounded-plastic with 100% mussel smell. Double win.
- rldjbpin 2y agoig it is better branding than "20% recycled plastic"
- bastawhiz 2y agoEvery year the new models will one-up the previous generation, using more and more ocean-bound plastic until someone gets paid to stand just upstream from the first guy throwing bottles and wrappers into the river to satisfy demand.
- para_parolu 2y agoRemind me a story when French government in Vietnam started to pay bounty for rats tails
- intended 2y agoThat… that would be pretty cool.
- computer7050 2y agoThis is basically what the ocean cleanup project pivoted to.
- caseyy 2y agoWhat does that even mean though? Does it mean: - 20% of the plastic in the entire device was recycled? - 20% of the plastic in the box (as the context implies) was recycled? - 20% of the recycled plastic was ocean-bound and the device is all or mostly recycled plastic? - Is it some sort of 20% plastic-grade and the plastic was all ocean-bound? - Did they capture ocean-bound plastic somewhere, used 20% for these boxes, and released the other 80% back into the ocean? - Did they mean specifically "Ocean Bound Plastic" as a specific term (OBP) and not "ocean-bound-plastic" as a generic term? In that case, this website explains [0] that it would be 80% of all plastic that would end up in the ocean and that certifiable OBP is not commercially recyclable [1]. So... it's not OBP by definition then as OBP excludes all plastic that can be recycled commercially and this was? - ??? When I clicked the 'Learn more' link next to it, the figure wasn't in the source page. There doesn't seem to be any source page for this, although a lot of news outlets are quoting it (in different interpretations). It seems like they were trying to greenwash something, though that article is wishy washy anyways. [0] https://www.obpcert.org/what-is-ocean-bound-plastic-obp/ https://www.obpcert.org/what-is-ocean-bound-plastic-obp/ [1] https://www.obpcert.org/what-are-obp-credits/ https://www.obpcert.org/what-are-obp-credits/
- throwaway48476 2y agoIt means they recycled the sprues from injection molding instead of throwing it in the river. About as truthful as carbon credits really.