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That doesn't mean it's waste, that just means people are lazy and don't care about wasting things. It's only "waste" because people make it waste. If you don't
by tgwil 1y ago
That doesn't mean it's waste, that just means people are lazy and don't care about wasting things. It's only "waste" because people make it waste. If you don't waste it it's not waste.
- charcircuit 1y agoIt's not just laziness. It may not be financially worth it to do including the personal labor you have to do compared to throwing something in a trash can.
- tgwil 1y agoThis is the mentality that is creating poison planet. Bad mentality.
- charcircuit 1y agoAs long as waste is being responsibly managed it will not poison the planet.
- ehnto 1y agoIt is not being responsibly managed, it is poisoning the planet. You can defer responsibility to others such as the producers and recyclers, and I think we should. But it doesn't mean we can't control what we buy and throw away as well, especially if we know better which we do.
- charcircuit 1y ago>It is not being responsibly managed Then this is the problem that needs to be fixed. Ewaste only contributes to a couple percent of overall waste. Saving just ewaste doesn't stop the vast majority of waste entering the landfill.
- vel0city 1y agoI'd love to be able to go to a grocer and just refill my milk jug and my soap bottle and my beer growler but that's just not available to me. Well, there are a few breweries that will fill my growler. Priorities.
- Liftyee 1y agoNot everything in life needs to be financially worth it... If repurposing otherwise "disposable" resources brings them enjoyment and it's a reasonable time spent, why shouldn't they? Ultimately, it's not your storage space being used for this. Why not let them live?
- charcircuit 1y agoThis repurposing is of only one he owns and the novelty of reusing it will likely wear off within a couple of weeks as having an extremely weak web server is not particularly useful. It may not be my storage space but people in this site do have a higher chance of hoarding ewaste for no logical reasons and I'm hoping that pointing this out can help people realize that they don't need to hold on to every random gadget forever.
- ruperthair 1y agoMaking something out of it and getting a hit on HN would easily be 'enough' for me. Your replies read like you've had some personal issue with a hoarder. Digging into that may help you in the long run.