• FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Then that garbage goes into the landfill, gets sold overseas, falls off the boat and instantly back in its mouth.

    Cleaning garbage hardly does anything, it only fixes what you can see then it goes into hiding…everyone needs to stop consuming. Today was garbage day in my neighbourhood…I had 1/2 a black bag and like 3 plastic bottles for 2 weeks. Neighbours threw out 7 bags and 3 recycling bins of plastic.

    Stop consuming

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      11 months ago

      Our local garbage goes to a local landfill that’s properly maintained.

      There’s a lot of problems with consumption, and plastics especially need to be phased out, but some areas do handle waste responsibly.

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      11 months ago

      I also only go through about a bag of trash a week ehile my neighbors go through about 5 or 6 This us because i am a single guy who lives alone while they are a family of 4 with a large dog.

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        11 months ago

        Plot twist - OP’s neighbor’s house actually has 20 people living in it. Per person, they’re producing less waste than he is.

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      11 months ago

      We need both sustainable garbage management and reduced consumption. We can’t stop consuming and producing garbage, like every life form, but we have to make it sustainable.