Post AY88P9ES06Zb6KAGmm by tehstu@hachyderm.io
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 (DIR) Post #AY88P9ES06Zb6KAGmm by tehstu@hachyderm.io
       2023-03-01T17:50:09Z
       
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       "Structural problems don’t have individual solutions. The problem isn’t that you have chosen single-use plastics — it’s that in our world everything for sale is packaged in single-use plastics."A long time ago, perhaps nearly 2 decades at this point, a friend told me recycling was pointless. In retrospect, I'm thinking the industry he worked in gave him insight I didn't (or didn't *want* to?) have.What a depressing but absolutely necessary read from @pluralistic https://doctorow.medium.com/dow-promised-to-turn-sneakers-into-playground-surfaces-then-dumped-them-in-indonesia-ef7e1168a0c1
       
 (DIR) Post #AY8D2v8gDXMSnAgasi by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
       2023-07-27T20:57:09Z
       
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       The synthetic rubber playground surfaces turned out to cause cancer which has to lead one to wonder how wise it is to have them strapped to your feet.