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Re:Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended ... by bluGill on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @03:33PM (#48212911)
Your efforts cascade. You alone mean nothing, but states and companies are just reacting to the collective wants, so if everyone waits for everyone else first nothing will happen.
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Re:Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended ... by throwaway27448 on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @03:59PM (#48213285)
> states and companies are just reacting to the collective wants

Insanely naive take. They react to capital.

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Re:Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended ... by bluGill on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:01PM (#48216919)
For the purposes of this, there's no difference. Not that there's no difference, but it doesn't matter for this.
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Re:Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended ... by throwaway27448 on Thursday May 21, 2026 @12:55AM (#48218033)
Again, insanely naive take. We do not live in the utopia you think we do
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