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You Need a Thneed · 11-14-2018, 08:09 PM

I’ve said it lots of times - we treat recycling like the be all end all of being environmental friendly. However, recycling should be the LAST resort we use when we have reduced and reused all that we can possibly do. The three Rs are in order of importance, and there are large gaps in importance between each one.

As for things like straws, we use literally trillions of these things. The overall amount of plastic used is pretty small (compared to other uses of plastic), but we are learning that plastic breaks down into small bits, and these bits get into the food chain, like we already know mercury does, and it’s probably really bad for our health.

11-14-2018, 08:09 PM	#98
You Need a Thneed Voted for Kodos Join Date: Dec 2007 Exp:	I’ve said it lots of times - we treat recycling like the be all end all of being environmental friendly. However, recycling should be the LAST resort we use when we have reduced and reused all that we can possibly do. The three Rs are in order of importance, and there are large gaps in importance between each one. As for things like straws, we use literally trillions of these things. The overall amount of plastic used is pretty small (compared to other uses of plastic), but we are learning that plastic breaks down into small bits, and these bits get into the food chain, like we already know mercury does, and it’s probably really bad for our health. __________________ My LinkedIn Profile.