The memes of the climate

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

While it’s everyone’s fault, there is very little consumers can do to actually help.

For example:

When every company is using single use plastics for certain products, you don’t have any alternatives.
When the local government doesn’t offer the ability to recycle, your options are limited.
Or worse, the local government offers recycling services, but the collected items are literally just dumped into the trash.

So while I again agree everyone is at fault, I’d say the consumer has vastly less overall control than any other entity.

[–] kenbw2@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plastic and recycling have nothing to do with climate change though

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Those were examples, but as pointed out they absolutely do have an effect on climate change.

However, I can provide a couple more direct examples if you like:

No public transit available, and neighborhoods built in such a way that the majority of residents need to travel miles to reach their place of business.
Products being grown, packaged and sold in completely different countries. Driven by profit, meaning many companies make the same ridiculous decisions. Consumers are often given no alternatives for certain products.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.goingzerowaste.com/blog/which-is-better-for-the-environment-glass-or-plastic/

They do though. Manufacturing in general has a high carbon footprint, and the overwhelming majority of plastics the containers won't be recycled so the next packaged item will have the exact same carbon footprint as the first one.

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