Comment on This Plastic Mr. Fantastic

ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Plastic recycling is one of the primary sources of microplastics. They use jets of air to remove labels, which creates an enormous cloud of microplastic. People who live near plastic “recycling” plants have more plastic in their bodies than people who don’t.

  There are articles about this out there.

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  • feinstruktur@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Source?

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  • renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    does it do more harm than dumping plastic in a landfill though?

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    • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, based on what I’ve read. Less than 5% of the plastic that consumers place in recycling bins actually gets recycled. The rest is shipped to other countries, who then dump it in the ocean. When you throw plastic in the garbage it ends up in a domestic landfill. Landfills certainly aren’t ideal, but at least we know where it is, and it’s better than the ocean.

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        who then dump it in the ocean

        they burn it. It has value as fuel to generate electricity.

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      • renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Does the US keep any statistics on how much trash goes to where? I just checked the stats for my country, and here it’s way more than 5%. link if you’re interested

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fine, I agree with all of you, let’s stop recycling.

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    • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s more like “Let’s stop using plastic instead of patting ourselves on the back with a bandaid solution.” I know this can be hard for people who equate their environmental consumer habits with = “I’m a good person” and in turn make it out to be a personal attack, even though it isn’t.

      Consider investing in a personality outside of environmental moral superiority and the switch to cardboard will be easy for you, barely an inconvenience.

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• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This would almost make sense if there weren’t thousands of corporations, and 8 billion other humans, doing whatever the fuck they want…

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Excuses, excuses. Enlist a friend to help, if you need it!

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah that’s not true.

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