￥canada
into the trash

[x] toss it into the ocean

This befits the trashcan

I think this is the kind of container that never actually gets recycled, but is instead shipped to SEA to be disposed of after you put in the recycling thing

IIRC plastic trash doesn’t get processed usually anyways and just ends up in the garbage no matter what bin it went in, so rip the bandage off.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/09/05/unrecyclable-plastic-pollution

peanut butter is too hard to clean

i used to clean tons of stuff and put them to dry alongside the dishes and made sure it was extra clean but after i learned of >>4667 >>4668 i started only recycling the stuff that didn't need to be cleaned
voted cleaning for old times' sake

penutbutter containers are pretty thick plastic so I'm not sure, but the effort it takes to clear it makes me wonder

>>4675
The story goes that back in the 70s and 80s people were raising a stink about the amount of plastic waste being produced in the US. There was talk about it and petitioning of the government and blahblah, but one important thing to know is that plastic is connected to petroleum and oil refining which means it's connected to the oil industry.
If you try to take action against the oil industry you're never going to win.
The "solution" was that after some heavy lobbying, the plastic companies said they would start recycling stuff. Did they build factories or develop new technology or anything? No, of course not. The solution was to print labels on plastic bottles without any plan or technology to actually do so, placating people into thinking something was being done. The actual labeling on bottles had no government relation or recognition.
The whole plastics recycling thing of today is an attempt by good-natured people to try and clean up the gigantic mess that the oil conglomerates made, but it's utterly impossible to do so due to a lack of funding and magical technology.

My apartment has a bunch of dumpsters for trash but only a few small cans for recycling that are always full so I've just given up on trying to recycle. I feel a little pang of guilt every time I just throw my recyclables in the trash but not much I can do about it.

When I used to gig to clean a clinic they had recycling bins everywhere but they were just there to make the staff feel good; it all went into the same dumpster.

Illusion of choice and all that.

pouring fat and oil down the drain causes clogs

If you fill all your bottles with piss before throwing them away just imagine how much toilet water will be saved. It's probably even better for the environment than recycling. You can shit in jars and resealable bags and throw those in the trash or out the window too so you will never need to flush perfectly drinkable tap water down the toilet ever again! At this point you can even get rid of your toilet and use that space in your bathroom for something else, like upgrading your boring old shower/tub to a big hot tub with lots of water jets, and you can mount a big TV on the wall too.

>>5789
Well, you could pee on the plants to give the soil nitrogen which is a much-needed fertilizer component, but anyone with human poop is a bad idea.

>>5790
Er, anything with poop. bleh

>>5789
genuine chuckle

>>4677
>magical technology
Plastic recycling, as in re-using existing plastic to make new plastic, isn't magical technology. It's just not at all like glass or metal recycling which can more or less be instantly melted into something new. Plastics, because they're based on organic chemicals, degrade and so "new" recycled plastic materials need to be created out of a combination of old plastic and "virgin" unused plastic. The end result uses less plastics than would otherwise be necessary, but whether the overall supply chain emissions necessary for things like sorting, transportation, cleaning, etc. would be lower if we instead decided to just burn plastic waste instead is a matter of debate...