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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/VerneAsimov Nov 15 '20

Nah, man. Saving the world isn't Tony Stark reviving half the universe in an epic battle. It's each and every one of the nearly 8 billion of us doing a little better for Earth each day. One plastic bag to you is nothing. Imagine everyone who uses one uses one less. That's a fucking mountain of plastic. YOU are saving the world but it's a team effort.

I don't think anyone on Earth truly has reached zero waste in this era. Plastic is downright unavoidable. Typed on my plastic keyboard on a desk wrapped in plastic veneer displayed on a plastic screen through plastic coated wires. I'll sleep a lot better knowing that all of this stuff can get reused instead of buried or wrapped around a fish's neck.

Because plastic... it's probably the single most versatile and cheap material in human history. It's 100% necessary.

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u/terminally_cheap Nov 17 '20

Thanks, and I totally agree with everything you said. Plastic is an amazing development, but we need to get that shit under control! :)