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2. Great way to discourage people from even trying!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2022, 11:35 AM

Jun 2022

Well done!!

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Plastic Recycling Doesn't Work and Will Never Work [View all] brooklynite Jun 2022 OP

Fucking great. maxsolomon Jun 2022 #1

Yeah, the landfill madville Jun 2022 #11

in 1 place in the landfill is what I'm hoping maxsolomon Jun 2022 #16

Same here. gldstwmn Jun 2022 #47

Great way to discourage people from even trying! Coventina Jun 2022 #2

Yeah. This "don't even bother" is starting to rub me worse than GQPers saying "thoughts and prayers" ck4829 Jun 2022 #10

No one is saying not to bother MadameButterfly Jun 2022 #39

Not just here, it's well-entrenched ck4829 Jun 2022 #41

Yes. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #45

From trying what? Mossfern Jun 2022 #13

I'd be happy to pay extra for glass bottles for most goods Amishman Jun 2022 #3

How much energy does glass manufacturing use compared to plastics? MichMan Jun 2022 #17

Lets put it this way, most drinks in the past were in glass bottles. rockfordfile Jun 2022 #27

The cars my grandparents drove got 10 mpg and had no pollution controls or seat belts either. MichMan Jun 2022 #31

Energy for manufacture can come from sustainable sources MadameButterfly Jun 2022 #40

Maybe 2 years ago there was a news story in AZ about this guy who was turning glass in2herbs Jun 2022 #19

Ah, 'glassphalt'. Its been around for a while Amishman Jun 2022 #20

Glass is heavy compared to plastic. Transporting heavy things burns fuel NickB79 Jun 2022 #38

If we put as much effort into MadameButterfly Jun 2022 #44

Reducing consumption is vital NickB79 Jun 2022 #46

It doesn't work well now... Handler Jun 2022 #4

Surrendering is not an option MadameButterfly Jun 2022 #42

Thousands of kinds of plastic! Then they list six Blues Heron Jun 2022 #5

That's why I buy my soda in aluminum cans instead of plastic bottles Trailrider1951 Jun 2022 #6

Does manufacturing aluminum and glass use more energy than plastics? MichMan Jun 2022 #18

I don't know that for sure, but I really don't want to add to the plastic glut Trailrider1951 Jun 2022 #29

Oil based plastic is poison IbogaProject Jun 2022 #7

Plastic powered mobility scooters... Hugin Jun 2022 #8

or some could convince the empathy impaired eating plastic prevents... Hugin Jun 2022 #9

It also takes a lot of energy to reduce plastic madville Jun 2022 #12

Much Lower Than Glass, Though ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #25

And just think of all the one-use plastics Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #14

And all the single-use takeout containers. JudyM Jun 2022 #22

I wish we would go back to glass. demigoddess Jun 2022 #15

I just bought a Sodastream to make my own carbonated drinks Novara Jun 2022 #21

:) If I'd only lived the last 5 years, I'd know better than to say "never" Hortensis Jun 2022 #23

For Now ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #24

I hope this happens soon. jeffreyi Jun 2022 #26

Probably Not ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #32

This matter is hardly closed. The approach is unworkable as it... NNadir Jun 2022 #28

SADLY THIS IS TRUE. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #30

The fact that most recycling is not profitable, is beside the point. If, as a society, we are Martin68 Jun 2022 #34

Plastic #1 and #2 can be recycled, and it is worth it. None the other types are regularly recycled. Martin68 Jun 2022 #33

That's it?? Just those 2???? I'm just sick....... a kennedy Jun 2022 #43

There's a future in plastics. H2O Man Jun 2022 #35

he wasn't wrong IcyPeas Jun 2022 #36

Right. H2O Man Jun 2022 #37