Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014)

Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by Bud on Friday December 18, 2015 @11:47PM (#10762666)

This isn't recycling, though. The bees are using the material, not recycling it.

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Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by samuelgrittner on Saturday December 19, 2015 @02:12AM (#10762920)

It still stays trash in the environment. If you thought this article was good news, it's not. Stop using plastic.

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Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by ivanca on Saturday December 19, 2015 @01:05AM (#10762814)

If a human uses wasted plastic is called recycling, don't know what would it be any different for bees.

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Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by rz2k on Saturday December 19, 2015 @01:31AM (#10762855)

Isn't re-use the slogan-compatible word? I'm not sure if the bees are disqualifed if they use the plastic for a different use or how much physical alteration matters.

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Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by hanniabu on Saturday December 19, 2015 @02:09AM (#10762911)

Yeah, reuse it the proper word for both scenarios.

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Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by Noelkd on Saturday December 19, 2015 @02:01PM (#10764470)

Reduce, reuse, recycle!

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Re:Wild bees are recycling plastic, study finds (2014) by tripzilch on Sunday December 20, 2015 @11:18AM (#10767404)

> If a human uses wasted plastic is called recycling, don't know what would it be any different for bees.

Bee-cycling.

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