• jarfil@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    If you think “recycling” a thing means throwing part of it away, then adding some fundamental non-renewable component in order to make the same thing again, or that “recycling” is not the same as “circular production”… maybe you’ve not only been lied to, but also brainwashed?

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      5 months ago

      Also, yeah that’s literally how recycling works… do you think they recycle the labels on glass bottles? no they burn them off to get the glass. Then they make a new bottle, then they put new labels on it. literally doing exactly what you’re saying “isn’t recycling”.

      Still, that’s not at all what happens when recycling concrete.

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        5 months ago

        Did you read what you just wrote? If they don’t recycle the labels, then… yeah, that’s not recycling.

        Cherry-picking which part gets recycled and which not, then calling it all “recycling”, is where the brainwashing comes into play.

        You may notice that in action on the web I linked, where they call “Recycling” whatever they want, but come up with a different name of “Circular economy” for… let’s see, “re-cycling”… where does that word come from, again?

        With concrete it’s even more egregious.

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      5 months ago

      That’s literally not what’s happening. Did you even read the article you posted? Or did you just google, find something that you thought supported your position, then cherry picked that bit out not realizing that the entire article completely disagrees with you?