Difference Between Recyclable, Biodegradable & Compostable

We all know that recycling and sustainable living are things we should be thinking about and doing, but even the most eco-conscious of us isn’t always sure what certain terms used on packaging mean.

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The Jeans Redesign

The Jeans Redesign demonstrates how jeans can be designed and made for a circular economy.

@autonomysolidarity the problem is that tech is increasingly designed to be not #upgradeable, #repairable or even #reuseable and #recycleable.

A good example is the shit that #Apple does and everyone copies:

Like #soldered-down #RAM & #SSD|s, #rivieted-in keyboards and #glued-in #batteries.

There is no rational reason except making #repair and #upgrades uneconomically and more costly than "#JustBuyANewOne!"
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https://youtu.be/7cNg_ifibCQ?t=347

The horrible truth about Apple's repeated engineering failures.

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Same story here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/
This journalist put some tags to different kind of waste what #terracycle is telling as #recycleable ...
Sad story: they end up in landfills, will be burned or melted with other #plastics for #downcycling

#recycling #plastik #kunststoff #abfall #müll #plastic #Recyclinglüge @grauerle

TerraCycle Collects Plastic Waste. Does It Really Get Recycled?

TerraCycle CEO and founder Tom Szaky promises to make use of plastic garbage that almost no one else wants. We tracked some of that plastic to see where it landed.

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