U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds (2020)

Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by yaitsyaboi on Sunday August 01, 2021 @05:40PM (#28030295)

Even setting aside the importance of principles, every spoon OP doesn't use is a spoon that doesn't end up in a landfill.

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Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by andrewmcwatters on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:23PM (#28030715)

And my point is that it's like saying I didn't fill up my tank with gas today: it didn't stop oil refineries from producing gasoline.

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Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by soperj on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:38PM (#28030845)

If enough people do it, it adds up. If you continuously tried to push it at least a couple more days before using your car, over a year that would add up to a couple less tanks of gas. In a nation of 280 million cars, that uses about 340 million gallons of gasoline a day, you could easily carve off a couple of weeks there. Might not seem like a lot, but that's 56 million tons of CO2 not released into the atmosphere.

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