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keatonatron t1_j51ozsj wrote

Reply to comment by spinereader81 in Bloomberg: Amazon Packages Burn in India, Final Stop in Broken Recycling System. Plastic wrappers and parcels that start off in Americans’ recycling bins end up at illegal dumpsites and industrial furnaces — and inside the lungs of people by ombx

The phrase "reduce, reuse, recycle" is supposed to be employed in that order. If you jump straight to "consume like usual, and if you toss it in the recycling bin it's carbon neutral", you are doing it wrong.

(Of course this ignores the fact that corporations are by far the biggest polluters, but when talking about the failures of recycling, it's important to point out recycling is supposed to be the last resort!)

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SnipingNinja t1_j51wm9l wrote

Yep, corporations should be regulated first wherever possible, then reduce usage of pollutants where you personally can, reuse what you can, and then finally recycle what's left.

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