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PhiloPhys t1_ix9wzte wrote

Reply to comment by AngsterMusic in This Startup Turned 1 Million Pounds of Ocean Plastic Into a Highly Profitable Business by RedditModsAreAPlague

Having a company which finds a profit in the cleanup is actually an incentive to continue the same system of plastic production. More business means more growth which is “good” under our current model.

The only way the ocean pollution will actually be cleaned is by a concerted effort to stop the system of pollution and a government or community project to clean the ocean as thoroughly as we can.

Our current system will provide no real solutions and we shouldn’t expect it to. It got us into this mess and it’s principles are not geared to get us out.

To hell with the for profit model. To hell with capitalism. Our eco-future is anti capitalist.

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DadOfFan t1_ixa5ddw wrote

while I agree with your sentiment, practicalities mean it wont happen anytime soon.

There is a great company doing river cleanups to prevent the plastic from even reaching the ocean.

https://theoceancleanup.com/rivers/

Their model does rely on a steady "stream" of rubbish coming down the river however I think pragmatically that will happen for many years to come until all people either learn to conserve or to be blunt die.

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pannous t1_ixhegk9 wrote

Yeah imagine this company becoming so profitable and powerful that they will lobby against any legislation protecting the ocean from garbage injection.

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eldenrim t1_ixtgyqy wrote

It would be more efficient for this company to get plastic from smaller, more local sources than just scouring the ocean, right? So in theory they should be lobbying for access to people's recycling bin to get plastic easily.

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