• mtchristo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Sometimes I really question the real motives of the environemtalists pushing for such petty changes. just make them biodegradable. especialy for things like groceries where there isn’t a big expectation for returns.

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      1 year ago

      While I agree that we should focus heavily on the big stuff I really don’t understand why people get so upset about this. Everything little thing helps and if people just said “yes of course we should stop that” and moved on to the nex thing, we could get so much further. It’s just such a low hanging fruit to ban stupid receipts that are generally not wanted.

      Other low hanging fruit examples: single use plastic bags, single use plastic plates and cups, unnesseary packaging for products, non biodegradable packaging, unnesseary lights in stores that are closed, the smallest coin size like the 1-50 cent etc etc etc. Literally everything helps so don’t get upset.

      If you can’t handle the small changes how the hell do you handle the bigger changes that are to come.

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        1 year ago

        More important low hanging fruit:

        • Private jets
        • Multiple vehicles
        • Multiple homes

        Why are people always so small minded about this? Have you not considered how immensely more polluting a car or a house is than a plastic bag? Have you not considered the people affected: a few of the richest vs millions of average people?

        Think big. Think rich. Those are the changes we need.