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ioncloud9 t1_ixd0nim wrote

How is this helping? Ok so you are taking plastic out of the oceans- great- but then putting it back into the plastic economy where it can end up back in the oceans again? The same amount of plastic is still in the environment. You arent really removing plastic from the environment. It eventually will break down into microplastics.

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RedditModsAreAPlague OP t1_ixd4l0e wrote

Congrats. You just described recycling.

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ioncloud9 t1_ixegv16 wrote

Yep and recycling is a scam. It was setup to push the blame of plastic waste onto consumers and to allow plastic producers to keep making ridiculous amounts of the stuff because they promoted recycling. We should be aiming to reduce or eliminate the use of plastics as much as possible.

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eldenrim t1_ixthcwe wrote

Which they've done by selling products made from recycled plastic, taking market share away from similar products made from unrecycled plastic.

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