Jim East@slrpnk.net to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoRecycling 'worsens microplastics problem'theecologist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down14
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minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·6 days agoRecycled paper uses more energy than new paper… Recycling metal, glass and such is a bargain though.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days ago“Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy required to make new cardboard” https://capcityrecycling.com/fun-facts/
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 days agoGood thing I was talking about paper
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days ago“The process of recycling paper saves significant amounts of energy compared to producing new paper from raw materials.” https://www.recyclingtoday.org/blogs/news/how-much-energy-is-saved-by-recycling-paper See also https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/materials/paper/web/html/index-2.html
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agoThe goal posts – they move!
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI’m not saying whether this person is correct, but paper and cardboard are very different products with different production requirements.
minus-squarewhoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴☠️@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoEnergy but what about trees?
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoTrees can’t grow forever. They get attacked by shrooms, natural fires, etc… Combatting climate change is much better done by limiting fossil fuel burning in the first place.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agopest is a problem for monocrop like the montery pines,
Recycled paper uses more energy than new paper… Recycling metal, glass and such is a bargain though.
“Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy required to make new cardboard”
https://capcityrecycling.com/fun-facts/
Good thing I was talking about paper
“The process of recycling paper saves significant amounts of energy compared to producing new paper from raw materials.”
https://www.recyclingtoday.org/blogs/news/how-much-energy-is-saved-by-recycling-paper
See also
https://archive.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/materials/paper/web/html/index-2.html
The goal posts – they move!
I’m not saying whether this person is correct, but paper and cardboard are very different products with different production requirements.
Energy but what about trees?
Trees can’t grow forever. They get attacked by shrooms, natural fires, etc…
Combatting climate change is much better done by limiting fossil fuel burning in the first place.
pest is a problem for monocrop like the montery pines,