• @brrt@lemm.ee
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    522 days ago

    Worked in an European Recycling Center and this is exactly it. In my case, Austria, we’re collecting the trash sending it 2 or times around in the country before burning it. And then we call it recycling. Wondering why our beloved mountains shrink every year.

    • @BussyCat@lemmy.world
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      -222 days ago

      At least burning it generates energy and if you do it right it releases minimal byproducts besides CO2 the real problem is just dumping it in the ocean/landfills that slowly wear down and end up inside our bodies

      • @Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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        122 days ago

        too complicated,

        why not use the current system where you sell the garbage to the poorest countries for them to just dump it in the sea/rivers/unregulated burning…