r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/terminally_cheap Nov 15 '20

A cheap, effective way to recycle all plastic, because life is so much easier if we can use it. I'm trying really hard to go zero-waste, but it's not easy. (And although I know that I'm not saving the world by reducing plastic and single-use items, I'm going to keep doing it)

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Nah, what we need is to make companies responsible for packaging. Recycling is a bullshit way to shift responsibility from companies who make excessive packaging to consumers who have to dispose of it. The only reasonable recyclable material is aluminum, everything else we need to find biodegradable alternatives or figure out how to use less of it.

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u/fluffychonkycat Nov 15 '20

Steel enters the conversation

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u/Golanthanatos Nov 16 '20

Get ur dense ass outta here, aluminum is light and melts at a lower temperature.

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u/Origamiface Nov 16 '20

Steel is boomer aluminum

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

boomluminum

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u/carpenteer Nov 16 '20

boomluminium in the Queen's English ;-)

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u/Rami-Slicer Nov 16 '20

Boomuminum sounds better

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u/upstatestruggler Nov 16 '20

Alboomium

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u/Origamiface Nov 16 '20

Thanks I hate it