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Re:Falling in love again with disposable cameras by gonzo41 on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @11:44AM (#40429933)
Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2024/04/17/earth-day-2024-p...

it's an issue.

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Re:Falling in love again with disposable cameras by rvba on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:08PM (#40430306)
Disposable garbage cameras aside.. World population was around 3 billion in 1960s, now it is more than 8 billion.

More people means more plastic is manufactured.

Note: I dont say anything against recycling, in fact we should do it.

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Re:Falling in love again with disposable cameras by optimussupreme on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @01:13PM (#40431133)
Maybe we should replace plastic with aluminium where possible and reusable glassware
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Re:Falling in love again with disposable cameras by darth_avocado on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @01:32PM (#40431356)
Recycling just doesn't work for plastics. If anything, the only parts of the recycling system that are functional today are for paper, glass and metal.
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