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Environment & Energy

OC375

(919 posts)

1. We build new appliances that cost $3500 and last 8 years

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:16 AM

19 hrs ago

Of course we aren’t recycling. We merely have a profitable recycling industry. There’s a difference. Separating paper from dinner in the trash at home isn’t going to fix this BS. It’s feel good theater.

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Starbucks Flogs Its Plastic Cups As "Widely Recyclable", But Only 1-2% Of Polypropylene Is Actually Ever Recycled [View all] hatrack 20 hrs ago OP

We build new appliances that cost $3500 and last 8 years OC375 19 hrs ago #1

Yep it was part of the PR push for plastic use IbogaProject 18 hrs ago #2

As a recycler, it is NOT a profitable industry Envirogal 8 hrs ago #3