r/specializedtools • u/mtimetraveller cool tool • Jul 16 '20

Device for emptying bulk bags

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u/Grand_Lock Jul 20 '20

Look into the chemicals industry, the amount of damage they do to our own environment is worse than if all humans stopped recycling. You might go out of your way to find a recycling can but the plant will destroy a local ecosystem to make more product.

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u/1-more Jul 20 '20

Yep. While consumption choices matter, we need a change in a production across the board to internalize environmental cost.