Green - An environmentalist community

5354 readers

2 users here now

This is the place to discuss environmentalism, preservation, direct action and anything related to it!

RULES:

1- Remember the human

2- Link posts should come from a reputable source

3- All opinions are allowed but discussion must be in good faith

Related communities:

Unofficial Chat rooms:

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

343

Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn't. | Grist (grist.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

43 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

All of this packaging simply needs to be made...easily compostable & biodegradable, with a low-impact manufacturing process. It rots away? Cool. Make more.

It will become garbage. It will often not get recycled.

The world will not be made better by 50,000 people recycling everything perfectly. The world will be made significantly better by hundreds of millions of people recycling imperfectly, by companies making products & packaging better by design.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Most recyclables in general aren't even all that recyclable to begin with. All those campaigns telling you to recycle plastics are just pushing the blame onto consumers when it has always been the fault of manufacturers. Coca Cola even funds some of them, because its easier to fool people than to use different materials.