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The problem is that regulations needn’t be all or nothing. Don’t throw stuff in rivers. Ok. Teathered bottle cap. Dumb. Then there is the whole scam of recyc

• peterlada 2y ago
  Ok. But also: Earth biosphere is collapsing. Your complaint re: bottle cap: I stopped seeing caps in gutters. Your complaint re: recycling scam: a non-scam way of doing is how Netherlands does it and it imports(!) trash because it's profitable. Plastic straws can be made out of compostable plastic. And the fucking plutocracy could stop flying everywhere every day.
  • dingaling 2y ago
    > I stopped seeing caps in gutters. Do you think that people who were inclined to discard bottle caps were correctly binning their bottles? No, they were also throwing down their bottles which were more easily carried away by the rain and wind. Now, both the cap and the bottle are being washed into rivers instead of the caps being left behind. Net improvement: zero. It's a classic example of survivorship bias. It's like the headline that bottle caps were the third most common litter on beaches - because bottles, sandwiches wrappers and crisp packets had been washed out to sea.
    • ivan_gammel 2y ago
      I hope you do realize that without numbers your argument against caps is just a speculation too. Whether it’s some bias or not, we can figure out only via research: the impact is easily measurable.
• rascul 2y ago
  > Teathered bottle cap. Dumb. I wasn't familiar with tethered bottle caps until now. I'm curious what's wrong with them.