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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Planet Ark has been advocating for recycling across Australia since 1991.

Isn’t recycling basically a scam to keep us using plastics?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Recycling Aluminium and Glass is also very popular.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Aluminium used for drink cans is dubious because, once again, plastic (liners to prevent the drink from corroding the cans)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Originally Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. Lots of insidious moves to push the onus onto consumers over the years but recycling's not to blame.

Shit like the whole REDCycle debacle gives recycling a bad name but that's just another example of corporations being shitty and not taking climate change seriously.