Re:Exposing the Myth of Plastic Recycling
by neuralRiot on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:41PM
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Probably the best solution would be a “waste tax” i’m not that old and i still remember the days when you had to bring an empty glass container for beer or soda those where replaced for plastic because it’s cheaper than having to transport/ process/ clean/ refill empty ones.
Re:Exposing the Myth of Plastic Recycling
by quacked on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:57PM
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I agree with you. It seems to me that we have two choices to address "sustainability":
- Give up the convenience of modern life, permanently, for everyone (don't allow any more industrialization than already exists) - Drastically reduce population
The dichotomies are better seen as thesis-antithesis, with the goal of synthesis. It's only the political machine that emphasizes and exacerbates each half-idea, pits them against one another, to ultimately foster commercial expedience winning out.
> The answer almost certainly involves more (genuine) recycling
The converse here is retuning the economy to produce less stuff in general, as well as dismantling the economic treadmill that causes us to value "convenience" above all else. Which even fewer people want to hear.