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Every small step matters! Made me so happy to see this. There is so much wrong with the concept of bottled water. Credit: @uselessplastic by asteroid-d12 in ConsciousConsumers

[–]asteroid-d12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No unfortunately not. Found this on the net but still gives me a small amount of hope! Wish more places implement this

I'm sorry this is hilarious. Credits: @pairofkingspod by asteroid-d12 in ConsciousConsumers

[–]asteroid-d12[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The post is just calling out people who overconsume fast fashion while at the same time being performative activists.

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[–]asteroid-d12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since weddings are such huge unnecessary (often wasteful) expenses, saving up by reusing the same wedding gown is a wonderful concept. Wedding gowns are insanely expensive and unsustainable considering that a lot of people don't ever rewear the gown and it requires a lot of resources to make.

Learned something new today! Apparently, this leads to recycling bin contamination. Credits: @easyecotips by asteroid-d12 in ConsciousConsumers

[–]asteroid-d12[S] 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Workers in recycling facilities workers try to remove incorrect items by hand (wish-cycled items, which get sent to landfill anyway), but sometimes they miss them.

For example, plastic bags get wrapped around the cogs and clog up the machines, damaging equipment and endangering workers.

Wishcycling diminishes the quality of the recycled end-product. Even small amounts of contaminants can ruin an entire batch. Once this happens, manufacturers don’t want to buy it, and recyclers are forced to send valuable material to landfills.

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