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TIL "Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recycling (www.aluminum.org)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I’m glad that we switched to recyclable plastics a while back. Imagine how fucked things would be if we didn’t

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think with plastics the situation is not that great because of the complexities in processing

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

It’s worse, because we were sold a direct lie of “save the trees, choose plastic” in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I'm becoming a big fan of literal t-shirt bags. Cut the sleeves off, sew the shoulders so they don't fray, sew the torso opening, do something with the neck hole if needed. It's maybe 5 minutes of work and 50 cents at the local donation store. Now you have a cool, fairly customized bag you can make from various sizes.

Compact, washable, light-weight, strong and cheap.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yum, microplastics!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I knew I should have added the /s