REDcycle was never about recycling.
The "return-to-store" soft plastics program was never about recycling.
Those thick, soft plastic bags were never about "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".
Calling plastic bags "multi-use" was a lie intended to transfer the responsibility of dealing with plastic to customers.
It was about telling customers they could continue using plastic bags. Supermarkets didn't want to change how they do things, and they didn't want to deal with the marginally increased cost of using paper bags. That's it.
The government should be suing supermarkets into the dirt for their years of fraud, malpractice, and environmental vandalism.
In the meantime, the fix is far more straightforward than the naysayers claim:
Do not let retailers "self-regulate" use of plastics.
😒 the driver dragging something #plastic under their vehicle at 30mph, broken air dam or some other thing where they ran over a curb, or maybe a traffic cone, how can you not hear this noise inside the car?
Cambodia's rivers are getting a much-needed cleanup! A new German technology is removing a whopping 20 tonnes of plastic daily from the Tonlé Sap. This initiative targets not just cleaning the water but protecting fish and public health. #Cambodia#Plastic https://focus-cambodia.com/article/everwave-river-clean-up/
Plastic can release toxics into the stomach, according to a new study.
Material left to float in seawater may turn it cloudy potentially releasing toxic chemicals into the water, and could do the same in stomachs.
When left in the water for six months, the pristine plastic also appeared to cause a kind of scum to form on the surface, turning the mix into a “soup”. #ClimateChange#Pollution#Plastic
I found this deflated Mylar balloon on a nature reserve this morning.
Come on, folks. It’s 2024.
I’m pretty sure your seven-year-old could celebrate their birthday without these portable natural disasters.
Why haven’t these been banned? 😒😡
I’m taking a buttload of seedling pots, flowerpots, and seedling trays to an independent nursery today. So much better to reuse than to throw into a landfill, especially since that stuff does not get recycled. Recycling of plastics is such a crock of shit. Nice to tidy up the gardening shed, too. It’s such a mess. #gardening#reuse
The guy at the baby plant place was very happy to get so many pots and trays from us. If you buy seedlings, save the pots and tetra-packs for independent plant nurseries. Help keep the plastic from the landfills. #reuse#gardening#plastic
Though they agreed to reduce microplastics in drinking water at the source they handed out water in plastic bottles.🤦
"Canadian and U.S. mayors promise 'blue-green corridor' along Great Lakes and St. Lawrence"
"The declaration constitutes a commitment to "attract blue and green industries" to the basin's communities, such as high-tech companies that have strict standards for water consumption."
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Microplastics have been found in human testicles, with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men.