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Re:Show HN: Find Eco-friendly alternatives to Products You U... by Cynddl on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:36AM (#19207356)
I also see you use this website to promote Amazon products, with an Amazon Associate tag. First, your website does not comply with Amazon Associate rules (see the point "5. Identifying Yourself as an Associate"). Second, it may seem like this website, aiming to offer eco-friendly solutions, only try to sell more to people. A poor mix of eco-friendliness and consumerism in this case.
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Re:Show HN: Find Eco-friendly alternatives to Products You U... by drankula3 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:32AM (#19208049)
Re your second case: When economic incentives line up with environmental goals, progress is made. OP should have been transparent, but if someone makes a profit while improving other people's eco-footprints, it's a win-win.
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Re:Show HN: Find Eco-friendly alternatives to Products You U... by bluntfang on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @10:16AM (#19208429)
Replacing disposable plates with slightly more "eco friendly" disposable plates isn't really improving anyone's eco-footprint. It's reinforcing the idea that disposable anything is eco-friendly.
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Re:Show HN: Find Eco-friendly alternatives to Products You U... by CaramelSauce on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @10:58AM (#19208884)
Good is not the enemy of perfect. There are cases where disposable plates are more or less required. Food trucks/carts for example. One I frequent recently moved to using compostable plates.
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Re:Show HN: Find Eco-friendly alternatives to Products You U... by dkdbejwi383 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @01:03PM (#19210210)
The eco solution would be to use actual plates that customers return, and are then washed and reused.
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Re:Show HN: Find Eco-friendly alternatives to Products You U... by bluntfang on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:07PM (#19211476)
>There are cases where disposable plates are more or less required.

I completely disagree, although there are cases where non-disposable plates are too expensive to have due to various reasons, but if that's the case you probably shouldn't be doing what you're doing.

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