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Define Greenwashing (fediscience.org)
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[–] 92 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Not sure if this is appropriate to this example, but these paper/cardboard wrappings can save on plastic: The inner container can be made thinner and is generally easier to recycle, as there is no need for printability or pretty finishes (not saying that they are being recycled, but they could).

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If the bottle label wasn't intentionally mislieading it wouldn't be a good example of greenwashing.

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  • [–] 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    The box that the bottle comes in is clearly labeled with steps how to take the paper casing off to recycle. It is even precut to separate that way. The company claimed at the time to have reduced its plastic by 50% this way.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Besides, how would an all-paper bottle even work? Liquid soap is, well, liquid. Paper soaks through when it's in contact with a liquid. The only other way to do such a bottle would be to use coated paper, which is less recyclable than an inner plastic bottle.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    Wax. Waxed cardboard is recyclable. And biodegradable. Only reason wax paper is generally not considered recyclable is because it's mostly used for food, where it gets contaiminated.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Whenever I try to recycle waxed cardboard boxes the garbage men pull them out and toss them in my yard.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I see, the garbage man charm is a global thing. People in the house where i live overfill the bin, every time. The garbage men just throw everything above the lid on the floor, every time.

    Can't fault them for this though. The ones that overfill the bin couldn't care less and even step over their own trash, to throw new trash in the bin. Other neighbors end up putting their overfilled trash from last week in the bin.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Jesus! I could stuff a hog's carcass in my overflowing can and they would just dump it and go. They mainly seem to care about car batteries and tires, everything else, fuck it, send it.

    We have two competing garbage companies, and they do indeed compete. Score one for capitalism working as intended. OTOH, that's a lot of wasted gas running by my house several times a week.

    I'm with the "cool" company. The CEO shoots straight when he emails us. "Those other assholes are cheating! Here's what went down at the city council meeting (with proof). Can you believe this shit?!"

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I don't think mine even care about car batteries and tires. If the truck arm can lift it, in it goes. I feel bad for saying it, but I've thrown random stuff in there, like rocks and broken down furniture because I was too lazy to make a dump run. Still haven't seen them ever reject anything.

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    People in internet are extremist, you are either full of something or none :)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Im an extremest "No the glass is at precisely half capacity. I meticulously found a geometric proof to show its the fill line is exactly at half of the glass. I counted the fucking molecules one at a time and statistically compared them with a full glass and a empty glass. Its half, no more no less. Both of your perceptions of the world are deeply warped by internal biases." Kind of guy myself. Or in Lemmy speak, a FiLtHy CeNtaRist!!!

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