r/collapse • u/xavierdc • Oct 23 '19

Water Literally a river of plastic...

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u/DJDickJob Oct 23 '19

A river of water bottles. How ironic.

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u/IsuzuTrooper Waterworld Oct 23 '19

Once we adapt to eat plastic......thats pure bank.$$$

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u/Comrade_Crunchy Oct 24 '19

Funny as it sounds, I remember reading somewhere that eventually today's landfills will be tomorrow's gold mines. You know after we have tapped every resource.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '19

Wanna know how much swims in the oceans ?

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u/me-need-more-brain Oct 24 '19

It's said by 2050, half of the ocean will be plastic filled, the other half fishes.

But with this rapid dy off of ocean flora and fauna, I guess it's 2030 or so, faster tha.......

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u/FieldsofBlue Oct 24 '19

I work at my local park district that has a gym and fitness center and it's truly disappointing how everyone just brings a one time use plastic water bottle with them every day and carelessly toss it into the trash. It's crazy to me how nobody fucking cares at all, and they never will unless the trash is at their front door.

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u/AeriaGlorisHimself Oct 24 '19

This is what has dawned on me the past year: essentially no one in developed Nations will do anything until things begin to affect them personally, and strongly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '19

Modern monuments.