A-HA! Of course it’s Trump’s Fault, what with his stellar economy and more money in our pockets! When we were all broke, jobless and depressed under Comrade 0bama - Life Was Good!
*SNORT*
“The best way to fix recycling is probably persuading people to buy less stuff, which would also have the benefit of reducing some of the upstream waste created when products are made. But that’s a hard sell in the United States, where consumer spending accounts for 68 percent of the GDP. The strong economy means more people have more spending money, too, and often the things they buy, such as new phones, and the places they shop, such as Amazon, are designed to sell them even more things. The average American spent 7 percent more on food and 8 percent more on personal-care products and services in 2017 than in 2016, according to government data.”
I’ve never recycled. I guess that’s bad.
Threw the garbageman a 10 spot every now and then at my last house and I was good to go.
Another way to to start making stuff that will last, like they used to.
No more planned obsolescence.
Build washers and dryers, and refrigerators and stove to actually LAST more than 15 years.
Make parts available so people can repair instead of replace.
Hi —read an earlier news article how it’s so hard for AOC to recycle plastic bags and that the grocery store gives her oh so many more than she needs
I had run across this just a day ago and may give it a whirl. There is a group (I know they have a YT video of their work) called the “bagladies” and they use Plarn (plastic bag made into “yarn”) to crochet mats and bedrolls for the homeless. It wouldn’t make much of a dent in the overall world of recycling, but someone may be able to have some fun with this:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=plarn+crochet+projects