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minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoAll you need to do is walk on the side of a busy road and look in the ditch to see what people just throw away. It’s not a lot of shampoo bottles, but tons of plastic cups and accompanied straws.
minus-squarebrianary@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoAnecdotes aren’t a great way to measure this. Observations like this are variable by location, and ignores the much larger mass in landfills or unrecycled stockpiles.
All you need to do is walk on the side of a busy road and look in the ditch to see what people just throw away.
It’s not a lot of shampoo bottles, but tons of plastic cups and accompanied straws.
Anecdotes aren’t a great way to measure this. Observations like this are variable by location, and ignores the much larger mass in landfills or unrecycled stockpiles.