Plastic-eating caterpillars: An escape from a shopping bag triggers an idea

Re:Plastic-eating caterpillars: An escape from a shopping ba... by legulere on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:21AM (#15660290)

Reduce comes before reuse and recycle. There are several countries with 0 landfill rates and high recycling rates in Europe, but that doesn’t solve the problem. We actually need to re-evaluate our use of plastic.

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Re:Plastic-eating caterpillars: An escape from a shopping ba... by smhost on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:46AM (#15660390)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDQcBQUDpw

For some ideas about how to cut waste. A different approach, with emphasis on recycling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym10GGidQU

As much as the internet likes to make fun of people like this, I honestly don't see anything wrong with what they're doing. And they look happy and healthy.

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Re:Plastic-eating caterpillars: An escape from a shopping ba... by icc97 on Thursday November 09, 2017 @04:08AM (#15660932)

I'm not sure how true that is [0]:

> What the “0” landfill means is that no waste is landfilled without pre-treatment…

In 2014 there was only Germany that claims 0 landfill (subject to the above disclaimer) and there's 6 self reported countries that claim below 10%.

[0]: https://www.zerowasteeurope.eu/2014/04/and-the-best-waste-pe...

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