That's reusing, not recycling.
Remember, recycling is the last of the 3 Rs. You should reduce or reuse first.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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The third one is ECYCE
Is that true? I thought recycling was giving new purpose to an old object. Reuse to me implies another person using the object but in the same way it was originally intended.
No, that's reusing. Recycling is breaking down the product into materials so it can be used to make new stuff.
The cycle in recycle means the production cycle.
Given that this is changing the product itself, it's more repurposing than reusing, which I'd say fits between reuse and recycle.
It works better if you think about the raw materials rather than the whole product;
Reduce the amount of plastic you use
Reuse the plastic you already have
Recycle the plastic you can't use anymore
I guess it would technically be upcycling
No, the cycle doesn't close if you turn one product into a different one. Recycling is melting one bottle and turning into a new bottle. If you turn one product into a lower quality one, it's downcycling. Unless you are very proud of what you did, than it's upcycling
sad Krebs cycle face
What you’re describing is just giving/loaning/borrowing which don’t start with R but still contribute to a moneyless value economy which is still great for improving the efficient sharing of the resource pool toward desirable ends
Reparing is the first one, idk where reduce comes into the saying.
Maybe we need to include a 4th R?
I would argue that repair is part of re-use, since you are allowing it to be used again. So would be part of the second r. The first r is reduce, which would boil down to: if you already have one, don't buy another. It's more effective to not need the resources in the first place.
No it’s not, the full ladder is basically (and even legally here in NL rvo.nl )
- Refuse and rethink
- Reduce
- Re-use
- Refair/refurbish
- Recycle
- Recover
But the saying is often used as “Repair, Reuse, Recycle” in the right to repair programs.
I like those 6, but was not the mnemonic that was advertised around me. In general the order follows the life cycle of the minerals, so reduce is first as it means you dig up less. Reuse/repair is after it has been dug up, so less goes to disposal.
But you should first try to reuse something bedore you start to repurpose (or reuse it). If it can’t be repaired or it isn’t viable enough (because nobody want’s it or nobbody wants to pay for the repair) then reuse it
People with a single lever mixer tap:
Look what they need to Imitate a fraction of our power
still water
Gonna love those microplastics leeching in over time as well.
Microplastics are the least of your concern in these houses. Dual tap design implies open hot water reservoir with things living and dying in it. (it's dual because law forbids connecting undrinkable water to drinkable water systems)
Weird. I’ve seen plenty of dual tap systems but never an open water heater. Dual tap are simpler and cheaper - that’s what they used long ago. Where are you that you see this?
I certainly remember a time when most faucets and valves were dual tap gate valves with rubber washers, because the o-rings needed for more complex faucets were expensive or not yet available
They still seem to be used a lot in countries like the UK where I guess they want to feel like steampunk engineers every time they want to get the correct temperature of water come out of their taps.
Gate valves not globe valves? Maybe they are just older than me but gate valves seem like a horrendous design for faucets as they are generally much larger than the size of the piping due to the gate and they have very poor throttling capabilities
Gate valves are a great design because they take advantage of the natural properties of rubber to make a seal. When compressed, rubber washers do well at spreading out to make a good seal. However rubber does not have the integrity to work under constant compression and with sideway movement, as an o-ring in a modern faucet.
Gate valves are a great design, because they’re relatively simple, easy to manufacture, and tolerant to rough manufacturing and irregularities.
Once you’re able to cheaply mass produce synthetic rubbers with varying properties, metal parts with higher precision and greater complexity, the possibilities function much better
Today I learned... Jesus
(it’s dual because law forbids connecting undrinkable water to drinkable water systems)
Are you implying that hot water is undrinkable? Sorry, I don't understand but it sounds really interesting.
Even in NA you shouldn’t drink hot tap water. The tanks get covered in scale, there’s always the risk of legionaries.
Where are you that they suggest drinking from the hot tap is okay? It’s not inherently gonna kill you, but hot water tanks aren’t pristine either… you can sure open your mouth and swallow a little while showering, but don’t be making your tea or using it to boil water faster for food.
Thanks for the explanation. I don't drink hot water (I filter drinking water in the fridge) I just didn't realize hot water was undrinkable and that there were laws against hooking it up to cold water.
Even if you drain them yearly and “descale” them, it’s never gonna be pretty in there.
You can use a backflow preventer so it doesn’t go back into the city supply which lets you do what you please inside. Even irrigation systems need them, if a main break or a hydrant gets used to fight a fire. There’s the potential for there to be a drop in pressure and it pull stuff out of the ground (or hot water tank) back into the municipal supply.
Woah, that's intense, at first I thought that was some kind of eldritch creature. The house I'm in just got a new hot water tank, I'll ask what they're doing about maintaining it.
Free calcium and iron supplements! /s
My water is already hard enough thanks…
My old house I had to replace the element twice in two years and was just contemplating replacing it when we sold it and they missed the hot water issues with their home inspection.
In short, you shouldn't drink hot water from open systems (popular in UK back in the day) or from boiler that doesn't have a periodical disinfection program (hetaing to 90C once a week)
That's why I eat plastic, gotta use that macro plastic to fight the micro plastics
microplastics when macroplastics walk in:
If you eat enough, it collects and then you can flush it from your system easier!
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And microplastics
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Microplastics.
And microplastic
Redneck engineering.
Good morning, I choose punctuation.
Oooh, mixer tap! But microplastics... but mixer tap!
I love everyone commenting about this will add microplastics to your water. We are already full of them.
Someone's mouth used to touch that.