• @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    13 months ago

    There’s plenty of paper that could get recycled as well that can’t in a single stream. I agree plastic going to a landfill is better though.

      • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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        13 months ago

        It doesn’t really degrade in a landfill though. Industrial composting is something I wish was more popular though, that would probably reduce my actual trash by about 50%.

        • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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          13 months ago

          I actually separate my burnables and compost the ashes, but I understand that most people can’t diy that. I think Japan has separate receptacles for burnables.

          • @tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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            13 months ago

            Japan separates burnable stuff like paper and food waste from the non-burnable plastics and styrofoam type things. I believe they end up burning both though, but with different methods or temps or something like that. Metal and electronics etc doesn’t go in with the rest of the non-burnables. The only plastic bottles they separate for recycling are the PET kind.