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[–] ThoranTW 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I think, as individuals; we all need to pick up our game and do our part in polluting and destroying the planet more. We can't let the corporations do all the heavy lifting after all.

Edit: I don't think I came across properly here, given the replies. This was sarcasm saying we need to fuck up the planet more to keep pace with the rate the corporations do.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Our 12% will really make a difference vs corporations' 80%. And we can get to that 12% if so 8 billion of us work together. I'm doing my 0.0000001% part!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You know corporations build shit people buy, right? It's not like they pollute for the fun of it. They pollute because we give them money to do it...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Kinda orthogonal but I will say it's weird that we can still vote with our wallets.

[–] darkseer 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But we are. According to the USDA, food waste makes up 22% of the food industries 26% CO2 emissions. And don't forget the diseases food waste produces.

[–] UhBell 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That food waste is largely due to arbitrary date labels and grocery stores throwing out literal tons of perfectly good food instead of donating it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And believe it or not, part of this is because people don't like to pick up the weird looking tomato, or the banana with a few peckles.

[–] darkseer 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to the USDA, again, the majority of food waste is at the household level.

[–] UhBell 2 points 1 year ago

Circling back to the arbitrary date labels

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How can we sell more without an expiration date?!!! We need to please the profits and shorten expiration dates!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I personally plan on returning my rechargeable AA batteries and going single use from now on. it's the little things that help

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mine aren't quite dead yet, but I've used them for over a day now. I should throw them out and buy some more just in case, I don't know how accurate that little meter on the battery saying it's still at 90% is.