Comment on Good morning I choose creativity and recycling.

earphone843@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Brekky@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is that true? I thought recycling was giving new purpose to an old object. Reuse to me implies another person using the object but in the same way it was originally intended.

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  • earphone843@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, that’s reusing. Recycling is breaking down the product into materials so it can be used to make new stuff.

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    • lengau@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Given that this is changing the product itself, it’s more repurposing than reusing, which I’d say fits between reuse and recycle.

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      • EddoWagt@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It works better if you think about the raw materials rather than the whole product;

        Reduce the amount of plastic you use Reuse the plastic you already have Recycle the plastic you can’t use anymore

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      • earphone843@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I guess it would technically be upcycling

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    • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, the cycle doesn’t close if you turn one product into a different one. Recycling is melting one bottle and turning into a new bottle. If you turn one product into a lower quality one, it’s downcycling. Unless you are very proud of what you did, than it’s upcycling

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    • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sad Kreb cycle face

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  • SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What you’re describing is just giving/loaning/borrowing which don’t start with R but still contribute to a moneyless value economy which is still great for improving the efficient sharing of the resource pool toward desirable ends

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• Vinstaal0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reparing is the first one, idk where reduce comes into the saying.

  Maybe we need to include a 4th R?

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  • purplemonkeymad@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I would argue that repair is part of re-use, since you are allowing it to be used again. So would be part of the second r. The first r is reduce, which would boil down to: if you already have one, don’t buy another. It’s more effective to not need the resources in the first place.

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    • Vinstaal0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No it’s not, the full ladder is basically (and even legally here in NL rvo.nl )

      1. Refuse and rethink
      2. Reduce
      3. Re-use
      4. Refair/refurbish
      5. Recycle
      6. Recover

      But the saying is often used as “Repair, Reuse, Recycle” in the right to repair programs.

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      • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Might be a regional thing

        www.epa.gov/recycle

        earthhow.com/reduce-reuse-recycle/

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      • purplemonkeymad@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I like those 6, but was not the mnemonic that was advertised around me. In general the order follows the life cycle of the minerals, so reduce is first as it means you dig up less. Reuse/repair is after it has been dug up, so less goes to disposal.

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