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Nero@sopuli.xyz to The OnionEnglish · 1 year ago

Man decides it’s just easier to become climate change denier than waste his life washing out food containers

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Man decides it’s just easier to become climate change denier than waste his life washing out food containers

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Nero@sopuli.xyz to The OnionEnglish · 1 year ago
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A man has decided it’s easier to become a climate change denier than spend 90% of his free time scrubbing out the remnants of an M&S Broccoli Cheese or Waitrose Cannelloni in order to recycle …
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    Plenty of ingredients for cooking come in single use containers

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      Not ones that you wash out to recycle.

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        Meat trays would like a word with you.

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          Mine are all Styrofoam. What do you have?

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            styrofoam is recyclable and requires rinsing before recycling

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              Quick search says

              Styrofoam is recyclable, but it is only accepted by a very small number of recycling facilities.

              So maybe technically but not in practice in most places.

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            The ones around here are made of P.E.T. Recyclable and washable.

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        I cook a lot and still have tons of plastic. Cheese. Quark. Cream.

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