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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (25 children)

Idiots will throw this in the trash. Businesses will as well.

I watch a couple of dude's at Lowe's uncapping and draining several hundred bottles of Powerade because they were past expiration. Working retail really got me educated in all the waste in our system. (Someone will scream, "caPiTaLisM!". No, it's a legal/liability thing. And it's dumb.)

Purchase a thing. Any thing. See all the plastic you brought home? There was 2-3x that much in delivering it to you before you took it off the shelf.

Been wanting to start a comm on "stop buying shit, here are alternatives". Taking votes for names. I could spend a week posting things I've actually done.

EDIT: Should note: Trashing goods = tax write off. That's a money saver vs. "donated" or "sold at discount". Yes, it's cheaper to throw shit away than to sell, even at a deep discount.

[–] hoodles@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One of the communities I miss from reddit is r/ZeroWaste

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