The amount of plastic waste we generate is ridiculous. Walking into a store at the mall, theres walls, racks and containers of crappy toys, stickers and knicknacks that only an old person, who isnt familiar with what theyre kids like, would buy. As far as i could tell, at least 60% of it would probably end up being burned or landfilled without ever being sold to a consumer. Who is going to buy a shitty little rubber generic controller keychain? Or 5000 funko pops. Or a 600$ gameboy game
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2024
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It's pretty fucked up that there's so much useless shit that was produced to go into the landfill, but it's not just that; we're forced to buy plastic even if we don't want to. Most medication comes in plastic containers. A lot of the stuff that you buy at the store comes wrapped in plastic, even fruits and vegetables. Cars are mostly made out of plastic these days, and in a lot of places you're forced to have one in order to do practically anything. Shoes are usually made out of plastic. Junk mail oftentimes has plastic in it too. I want to not consume so much plastic, but how do I even start?