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In Pasadena, California, photographer Gregg Segal embarked on a project capturing individuals from diverse backgrounds and ages within his garden. Utilizing three distinct settings - water, beach, and forest - Segal juxtaposed each subject amidst a week’s accumulation of their waste. Participants were tasked with gathering and preserving all their ... See more
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Plastic recycling is a “dead-end street."
That quote…unbelievably…is from @Greenpeace.
In my new video, we debunk the recycling religion. https://t.co/loe7F7gS2L
John Stosselx.comThe recycling industry is seeing a boom in demand for paper products at the same time that the coronavirus pandemic has made it critical for workers to maintain social distance. Now some cities and municipalities are debating whether recycling should be considered an essential service amid the outbreak.
Cheddar • Recycling Industry Deploys Robots to Help Workers Social Distance
This is INSANE 🤯
Our city has given up on recycling. Yep, they voted to end the program.
Apparently, recycling is a sham. Everyone sucks at sorting things so it all ends in the landfill.
I thought it was a joke.
Nope, this was the ... See more
without a market demand, those recyclables are almost useless; placing them in the recycling bin won’t make a difference if you can’t make money off of them. If the demand isn’t there, or the quality of the materials post-use is incurably dirty, they end up in landfill or incinerators.
National Geographic • 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling)
This obsession with the immediate “unburdening” of a thing you created is common in non-Japanese contexts, but I posit: The Japanese way is the correct way. Be an adult. Own your garbage. Garbage responsibility is something we’ve long since abdicated not only to faceless cans on street corners (or just all over the street, as seems to be the case i... See more
Craig Mod • Garbage
American economy creates new jobs through organizing waste which is at best harmless and at worst poisonous and destructive.