Re:EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
by lm28469 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:24PM
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90% of the junk we consume is built in Asia.
90% of the trash we produce is shipped back to Asia and Africa for """recycling""".
Sometimes it's good to take a few steps back and a good hard look at ourselves before blaming china / africa / russia / whoever_as_long_as_it_isn't_me.
First world countries are the root cause of China's and Africa's pollution. Why do you think everything is delocalised there ? Because rich EU/US companies want to help the poor locals ? Or because it's cheap af and there are next to no regulations concerning pollution ?
90% of the trash we produce is shipped back to Asia and Africa for """recycling""".
Sometimes it's good to take a few steps back and a good hard look at ourselves before blaming china / africa / russia / whoever_as_long_as_it_isn't_me.
First world countries are the root cause of China's and Africa's pollution. Why do you think everything is delocalised there ? Because rich EU/US companies want to help the poor locals ? Or because it's cheap af and there are next to no regulations concerning pollution ?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/tomorrow/electronic-wast...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/burning-truth-...