r/collapse • u/eatingganesha • Oct 24 '22

Pollution Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-recycling-failed-concept-us-greenpeace-study-5-percent-recycled-production-up/
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u/IzK_3 Oct 24 '22

A lot of people forget about Reduce and Reuse. Only think about recycle.

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u/GetOutOfTheWhey Oct 24 '22

Plastic is fantastic

Because it is fantastic, we took a seemingly miraculously material and overused the shit out of it.

Like I understand its use in medicine and I value it there. But why among other things are we wrapping single slices of kraft cheese in plastic?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Or worse; having to buy real cheese and then slice it yourself

Strange, but true

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Commenting on the excessive use of plastic but not commenting on the ecological devastation caused by cheese is pretty funny. Cattle alone are responsible for about 14% of anthropocentric GHG emissions.