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12-18-2020, 07:35 AM #1
why recycling is bad
swing your fucking sword.
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12-18-2020, 07:38 AM #2
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12-18-2020, 09:59 AM #3
goddam women and their yogurt containers
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12-18-2020, 10:44 AM #4one of those sickos
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We started making our own yogurt a couple of years ago just to avoid the containers. 1gal of milk turns into 1gal of yogurt overnight and milk jugs are #2, so they recycle better. It's one of those things that everyone should do because it's easy and better in every way.
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12-18-2020, 11:28 AM #5
nice, i have been shopping at a zero waste grocery store for about 18 mo now. Glass bottles for milk and yogurt that can be returned for a deposit. Bring your own container for a number of goods including cleaning products, detergent, hygiene products and dry goods. I find where I live a lot of zero waste initiatives were making good progress, but COVID set many of them back.
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12-18-2020, 11:32 AM #6
dan, how do they package meat? This is the one we can't seem to figure out even with out local store offering reusable containers for just about anything in bulk.
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12-18-2020, 11:38 AM #7
Butcher paper? Although, I'm not sure if that is waxed and I know waxed paper products are sometimes excluded from recycling.
Edit: Fail. This surely qualifies as waste.
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12-18-2020, 11:51 AM #8
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12-18-2020, 11:55 AM #9
Butcher paper is waxed to extend its use, and most also has a plastic film on one side, to prevent freezer burn. Newsprint style paper, without the ink, can be used for short term packaging though. Butcher paper, just like the outside packaging of standard office print paper, can’t be recycled here due to the waxed coating.
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12-18-2020, 11:56 AM #10?
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12-18-2020, 12:27 PM #11
tbh fellow mtl mag the rudeness is the zero waste pro. i'm just a hack. he's got that ish dialed. but yeah, pre covid, it didn't even require a special zero waste store, you could get a lot of stuff zero waste just by bringing your containers to the butcher, baker, etc (speaking for montreal here). I think they made it law to not refuse people who asked to use their own container.
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12-18-2020, 12:58 PM #12
Paper has finite recycleability anyway. The fibers get shorter each time you process it. You can't make high-quality laser paper from egg cartons.
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12-18-2020, 01:00 PM #13
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12-18-2020, 01:13 PM #14
Recycling bad? Plastic good?
"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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