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Man decides it’s just easier to become climate change denier than waste his life washing out food containers (newsthump.com)

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[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorting at the consumer level isn't even the real problem. It's the fact that most plastic isn't even recyclable and of the kinds that are, there's no guarantee that your town has the facilities to recycle those. The whole system is broken and never actually worked.

[–] Starbuck@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Remember in the 90s when everyone switched to plastic bags to save the trees or some bullshit? The manufacturers / oil companies knew that plastic recycling didn’t work and they pushed it so hard anyways.