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‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MakunaHatata@lemmy.ml to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Chinzon@beehaw.org 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Honestly though, in a lot of cases even if its possible to recycle it.. if some shmuck isn't poised to profit off it noone will do it. Maybe I am just a doomer, but it hurts knowing that we have the tools to make such a better world.. And instead we've built this special little hell in our corner of the universe

[–] Zworf@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah i think recycling plastic is possible, we just have to pay for it. If the market won't bear it, simply make it a public service.

We can't really tackle the climate and keep capitalism at the same time, they are completely contrary.