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Why recycled ocean plastic is (often) a lie

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The Oceans are swamped with plastic and famous brands are here to the rescue: Adidas, Coca-Cola, Ocean Cleanup and many more. But how does this work and is this really the way to save our oceans? We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate.

But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What can we do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

 

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Please use your existing items fully and not just discard them because they look old. The more you buy the more the planet goes faster in the direction of destruction.

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1 minute ago, Krieger said:

Please use your existing items fully and not just discard them because they look old. The more you buy the more the planet goes faster in the direction of destruction.

Yeah. I have stopped buying shoes alrd.

 

Only buy when I need one. if not I will just keep wearing what I have.

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3 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Yeah. I have stopped buying shoes alrd.

 

Only buy when I need one. if not I will just keep wearing what I have.

dude. u only got 2 legs .. why need to buy more than 3 pairs ? one for work, one for sports , one for causal ?

actually, shoes kept too long will degrade as well. So you effectively have stop wasting money lol

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18 minutes ago, Krieger said:

Please use your existing items fully and not just discard them because they look old. The more you buy the more the planet goes faster in the direction of destruction.

I support , Who drive COE car ? 😅😅

On a serious note  , yes , I even try to repair and recycle some of the cheap stuff, not.for the money but feel guilty to burn them off  to damage the ozone layer further 

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4 minutes ago, Watwheels said:

Whoa, nudist club. Where to sign up?

Let's save the earth,  and go naked....  [laugh][laugh][laugh]

 

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27 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Yeah. I have stopped buying shoes alrd.

 

Only buy when I need one. if not I will just keep wearing what I have.

how about like this ?

 

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6 minutes ago, Ct3833 said:

how about like this ?

 

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Only when I am driving. hahahahah. Walk cannot lah.

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32 minutes ago, Sdf4786k said:

dude. u only got 2 legs .. why need to buy more than 3 pairs ? one for work, one for sports , one for causal ?

actually, shoes kept too long will degrade as well. So you effectively have stop wasting money lol

Yah. I realised that after I have like 20 pairs of shoes at home. hahahaha.

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Code 3, 6 and 7 cannot be recycled. 

i think most of our plastic wastes comes from food and drink containers/wrappers. Styrofoam boxes, wanton mee bags, kopi bags and examples of those that cannot recycle. usage of these definitely shot up in the last 1.5 yrs due to covid. 

I hope more food sellers change to paper containers instead. Found a ramen store yesterday that provided paper take away containers. Or bring your own tingkat  containers when tabao-ing. 

 

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18 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Yah. I realised that after I have like 20 pairs of shoes at home. hahahaha.

some buy to resell limited edition.. good money.. unti they actually buy apps software so that they are in the queue to game the purchase..

 

For your case, probably impulse buying ?

Do this .. take the amount and buy STi ETF .. hehhehehe

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59 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Yeah. I have stopped buying shoes alrd.

 

Only buy when I need one. if not I will just keep wearing what I have.

My last pair of walking shoes, I wear until got holes at the bottom. No choice but to buy new ones.

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1 hour ago, Krieger said:

Please use your existing items fully and not just discard them because they look old. The more you buy the more the planet goes faster in the direction of destruction.

Reduce 

Reuse 

Recycle 

There's a reason they're in that specific order. The greatest positive environmental impact comes from reducing and goes downward. 

Oh, and this:

Also, this:

 

 

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