• Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    We sort trash in 4 bins and one bag.

    1. Paper
    2. Glass and metal
    3. Bio, food waste
    4. General waste that doesn’t belong in the other bins.
    5. Isn’t a bin but a plastic bag for plastic.

    Lets say we didn’t have a bag specifically for plastic, that waste would have ended up in 4. Most of 4 is burned. By putting plastic in its own bag it increased the amount of plastic returned to waste management and reduced the amount left out in nature and burned.

    We’ve been dealt a shit hand, but we can try making the best out of the situation. Giving up isn’t an option.

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      2 days ago

      Sorry I don’t follow.

      Is 4 a bin or a bag?

      Is everything in 4 bagged or only the plastic?

      How does bagging the plastic avoid it being left out in nature or burned?

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        Fudge, formatting fooled me! Since 1-4 were numbers and the 5th didn’t have to be a number but just “Bag”, when I wrote it without a number it didn’t start on the next line, but at the end of “4”. Edited the comment to show it better.

        The 4th is a bin, and the last one (5th for clarity) is a big plastic bag.