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[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Isn't recycling basically bullshit fed to us to make us feel more comfortable with over consumption and waste products?

From what I understand, very few things are actually recyclable in a profitable way and are thus not actually recycled but sent off to SEA to be "recycled" in their landfills instead of ours.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Mostly paper, metals and PET. All other plastic is turned into asphalt at best.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Penn and Teller episode is what originally gave me this idea. Im not sure if this is really true and it's not hard to just do the bare minimum to recycle things correctly so I just do it. But I try not to let the idea of recycling justify over consumption or excessive waste.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 1 points 2 weeks ago

Which is why it's: reduce, reuse, recycle -- in that order.