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Elvish_Rebellion OP t1_itqrjtg wrote

Reply to comment by samskeyti_ in We’re not really recycling anything are we? by Elvish_Rebellion

You’re right. It’s hard living in a capitalist society where companies like amazon have a hand in our wallets waiting for a click to collect in the exchange for “stuff” that ultimately becomes garbage. Mostly items targeted at children are the most useless within a year. Also, you’re constantly bombarded by targeted ads whenever you look at a digital screen pushing you, training you, to buy all the time. Companies love a depressed country with money to burn, they’re easy prey. Thanks for your input, I’m just gonna focus on not buying things I don’t need. This way of thinking should help with my impulse spending. Ultimately we can only really trust ourselves to do better.

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samskeyti_ t1_itqtcoz wrote

I’ve really leaned on my local but nothing group too, I usually have something someone can use or repurpose, and vice versa. But yeah, we don’t talk about reduce and reuse anymore… late stage capitalism buy buy buy

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Elvish_Rebellion OP t1_itqtu3j wrote

I’ve gotten into some urban gardening recently and it does help me reuse a lot of my plastic bottles and glass jars into small planters for my growing collection. Paper and cardboard I try to compost what I can.

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