Danish toy giant Lego said 2 years of experimentation with blocks made from recycled plastic bottles showed they "didn't reduce carbon emissions."
  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is my surprised face.

    Plastic recycling as a way of reducing waste or emissions is not remotely viable. The one thing it is viable for is greenwashing: giving the impression that, because plastic recycling exists, there’s no need to reduce use of plastic.

    • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      While I agree I don’t think we should stop trying to find new/better ways to recycle things. Just because it’s not viable with current tech doesn’t mean it should be abandoned. Maybe right now some overworked grad student is about to make a major breakthrough. It’s going to take lots of people (far smarter than I) and numerous approaches to try and reign in the fast approaching climate disaster.