silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoScientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures: “It’s like an omen of the future.”www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down116cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoI’m not ranting against recycling, I am pointing out that the whole “personal responsibility” for the environment, carbon footprint and the push to recycling as a panacea was a propaganda campaign by oil companies. https://www.businessinsider.com/fossil-fuel-companies-spend-millions-to-promote-individual-responsibility-2021-3?op=1 While it was a few years ago this is a great example of glass not getting recycled: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/recycling-companies-forced-to-stockpile-glass-industry-crisis/8778088
I’m not ranting against recycling, I am pointing out that the whole “personal responsibility” for the environment, carbon footprint and the push to recycling as a panacea was a propaganda campaign by oil companies.
https://www.businessinsider.com/fossil-fuel-companies-spend-millions-to-promote-individual-responsibility-2021-3?op=1
While it was a few years ago this is a great example of glass not getting recycled: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/recycling-companies-forced-to-stockpile-glass-industry-crisis/8778088
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