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uglybushes t1_jcwqcg7 wrote

Recycling is worthless. Use less is the only answer.

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UnaffiliatedOpinion t1_jcxvuyr wrote

Recycling plastic is often less useful than we would like to think, but recycling metals and paper are absolutely not worthless.

Think before making a blanket statement like this.

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uglybushes t1_jcya0la wrote

Nope as soon as that object is washed with water it is a net negative for the environment.

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UnaffiliatedOpinion t1_jd0s7qy wrote

Go ahead and feel free to cite a source that says a few mL of water are what makes or breaks the economics of recycling.

There's no world in which people aren't washing their dishes. Even if we cut down on other forms of consumption, our reusable containers need to be washed.

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uglybushes t1_jd0xdj1 wrote

Washing dishes and reusables makes sense bc they are well reusables. That’s why plastic bags are better than paper (reusables are the best) because plastic bags generally get reused.

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iloveallkittykat OP t1_jcwqmg9 wrote

Yeah I try to be conscious of it, but just relocated here, and first place on my own, so I was gifted new sets of pots/pans, dish ware, containers, etc which has a horrendous amount of plastic wrap and card board 👎

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uglybushes t1_jcwr6hf wrote

Throw it away. It doesn’t magically make it anywhere different than your regular trash

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burritoace t1_jcxn89f wrote

This is idiotic. Some recycling is ineffective but not all. Don't make excuses for laziness.

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uglybushes t1_jcxqie4 wrote

Don’t make excuses for not using reusables

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burritoace t1_jcyzo9z wrote

Oh yea I'll make sure to go to the factory and have my goods packaged in reusable packaging instead of cardboard. Cardboard is extremely recyclable and the actual recycling rate is pretty good. If you can't differentiate between that and other types then you've got no business telling other people how to act on this topic.

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uglybushes t1_jcz0c8n wrote

If you think recycling is helping the environment you are lying to yourself

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burritoace t1_jcz97x3 wrote

If you think recycling paper products is no better than throwing them in the landfill then you really are an idiot. You'd have the beginnings of a point if the topic here was plastics but you haven't bothered to understand what you're talking about at all.

Cardboard is the most recycled material in the US and over 90% is recycled each year. This rate has been above 80% since 2009. It is the material with the strongest argument for recycling!

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