How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts

Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by WalterBright on Sunday October 20, 2019 @03:34PM (#21306489)

> I personally don't see how it makes sense to not just ignore the deposit and recycle via modern means.

There's a psychological effect. For example, the grocery store charges 5 cents per bag. If I forget to bring bags with me to the store, it irks me that I have to pay 5 cents, even though the amount is trivial and completely non-substantive.

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by mindslight on Sunday October 20, 2019 @04:04PM (#21306700)

But do you travel back home to retrieve your own bags?

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by quantum_magpie on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:03AM (#21309268)

When I leave my backpack at home and realize I need to visit the grocery store I do make a detour home first, and then move on to the store just to avoid getting plastic bags. It adds maybe extra 15 minutes but I feel it's worth it. I do shopping on foot though, so no need to burn extra gas to do that.

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Re:How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts by WalterBright on Sunday October 20, 2019 @04:46PM (#21307004)

I've been tempted to, but managed to convince myself that was irrational.

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