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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by benj111 on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:22PM (#19592508)
Agreed, reuse doesn't have to be for the same thing, but to me it isn't a destructive process. Using cardboard for mulch is a destructive process. The cardboard will last a season if that.

It seems to me you're recycling the nutrients and biological matter back into the soil. This is a 'lower level' recycling than recycling the cardboard back to cardboard, and so less preferable.

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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by hinkley on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:36PM (#19593714)
Cardboard mulch can be thought of as generative instead of destructive. You are recycling it into soil in the lead into gold sense of “into” rather than the trash into bag sense.

Cardboard is excellent substraight for saprophytic mushrooms, which are dominant in certain desirable types of forest soil. It’s a common trick in permaculture circles for simulating second growth forest succession without having to wait forty years (takes about six to twelve month).

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