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Boy Starts Nonprofit and Recycles 625,000 Batteries by Age 15 With Hundreds of Youth Joining in (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago

Sad to see that every single primary comment on this post is cynical and negative right now.

How about this instead: child sees a problem and has the hope, passion and courage to make a positive difference to something. Makes a positive difference to something.

If we genuinely want to the world to get better wr should be getting behind kids like him coming up, not looking for ways invalidate them.

"Move out of the way if you can't lend a hand"

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 days ago

Classic uplifting news! Community member(s) do something the fucking government should be doing.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 22 points 3 days ago

Somewhat orphan crushing machine, but still positive news

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Hooray for child labor!

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Volunteering.

... if that's your standard than a kid cleaning their room or doing their homework would be Child Labor.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh shit! Do you think it's too late to dig up my dad and prosecute him???

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

The Vatican did it to several Popes, so there may be precedent

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Follow your heart.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah! I bet he'll never tell me to clean my room again when I'm done with him!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

It's one thing to do household chores and keep your home clean. It's a totally different thing to organize and arrange such a huge project at such a young age.

A project dealing with volatile chemicals no less. Is he even certified to handle or process hazardous materials?

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How is this child labor? The kid pursued a passion project.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

You're right. But this is regarding bulk handling and processing of potentially hazardous materials. I don't think you can even be hazmat certified at such an age, at least where I'm from..

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Who is profiting?

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Careful, if this gets the attention of the fascists they will disappear him for being brown while committing woke. Or gun him down and accuse him of terrorism since batteries can be used for terrorism or whatever.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Why do people like you come to every thread and say this kind of stuff? It's exhausting. You all just have to piss on every piece of good news there is.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You think the fact a kid has to recycle chemicals because the corps that made a profit selling them won't is good news ?

[–] isles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I think people taking steps to better the world instead of pissing on everything is good news, but feel free to stick to your doom-addiction.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's uplifting in the sense that it happening is better than it not happening.

I would say it shouldn't be uplifting news, because it's only a fraction of what's needed. 625,000 people should have recycled their own batteries. This is less than 1% of all the trash in the world. All the cleanup thats needed. Billions of cigerette butts just lining the streets of every country (except Japan).

Do you have any idea how many people i see driving down the street, and a mcdonalds wrapper just flys out of their car? Those wrappers will remain intact for years. They're not biodegradable. They float in the wind until they eventually land in the oceans.

625,000 recycled batteries is great, and I want to hug this kid. I'm just saying if people were better people it wouldn't have to be his problem.

[–] cjoll4@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

He empowered people to recycle 625,000 of their own batteries. This wasn't waste cleanup, it was waste prevention. His nonprofit organization provided battery recycling bins and signs in visible, convenient locations. People otherwise may not have known where, how, or even why they should recycle their batteries.

[–] isles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The constant refrain in c/UpliftingNews, "If it doesn't solve 100% of the problems, it's shit" "If we're not 100% done, why bother reporting on it?"

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

i remember we used to have week-long earth week projects in middle and elementary school in the 90s where we would do things like this and more schools need to get back to this.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 days ago

Dies from breathing in toxic fumes.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Sounds like a paid PR release than anything.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

Thumbnail made me think they were making guoitiines.

Shame, could be doing something much more beneficial for their country.