Unnamed TNG skant beefcakeJul 26, 2023

Plastic recycling* doesn't exist**

Your personal carbon footprint* doesn't exist**

Carbon offsets* don't exist**

Carbon capture* doesn't exist**

Green growth* doesn't exist**

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* At the scale necessary to matter in the slightest

** Is and always was an intentional deception perpetrated by industry and those complicit with them to avoid any meaningful change or regulation

Show threadPiko Starsider 
@researchfairy recycling is better than not recycling but it's by far the least important of the three R's: Reduce, reuse, recycle. We can't reduce and reuse in most cases because we're forced to consume and consume, to commute instead of just living closer to our activities, to use single use plastics instead of being able to bring glass bottles and jars back, etc, etc. If we try hard individually, we're only making things hard for ourselves. Change needs to be systemic.
Jul 26, 2023 at 6:13pmWeb
Show threadUnnamed TNG skant beefcakeJul 26, 2023
@starsider It's just a scam https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/recycling-was-a-lie-a-big-lie-to-sell-more-plastic-industry-experts-say-1.5735618
Recycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say | CBC Documentaries

Less than 10 per cent of the plastics we’ve used have been recycled. A new documentary reveals why

CBC
Show threadPiko Starsider Jul 26, 2023
@researchfairy I don't disagree, it's a scam, but it's not "just" a scam. I won't stop recycling because the little it does is at least something. I focus on reducing and reusing but again, I can only do so much when there's plastic everywhere. I'm throwing water out of a sinking ship with a tiny bucket with full knowledge that what we actually need is plugging the hole. Until we figure out how, I won't stop using my little bucket, because it's not a big effort in the great scheme of things.
Show threadZ̈oéDec 9, 2024
@starsider @researchfairy Recycling of glass and metals is absolutely a thing. Plastic not really.
Show threadPiko Starsider Dec 9, 2024

@uint8_t @researchfairy I'll keep the habit because it's zero effort and because at least about 5% of it will be recycled. The important part is buying less plastic, although there's plenty of stuff without alternative wrappings. In my country a solution like Germany's will be implemented, where plastic bottles will be returnable to the store for money. However I very rarely buy stuff in plastic bottles.

Ideally we should use reusable glass jars for everything, it would be much better than recycling.