"Wishcycle Tossing questionable items in the recycling bin, hoping they can somehow be recycled."
Word for today: #wishcycling
From: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...
#urbandictionary #lexigraphy #language
#Wishcycling: how ‘eco-friendly’ labels confuse shoppers & make recycling less effective theconversation.com/wishcycling-...
#BigBadger1 said he couldnt believe this is still a thing. With the hard work the likes of OPRL have done in this area. Makes you wonder how to make people understand.
Macbook Pro with dream catcher sticker.
Reformatting macbook pro. Keyboards with worn mandala stickers.
After 12 years of loyal service, I'm finally saying goodbye to my trusty 2013 mbp.
I'll be sending it off to recycling soon.
Will I live to see a day when laptops become sustainable and repairable?
#climateanxiety #wishcycling
CA takes on this common, but misleading symbol ♻️ -- it merely ID's the material resin, and DOESN'T designate that object's actual recoverability -- via @HirokoTabuchi & @WinstonC_S #wishcycling...
Re: #wishcycling and plastics: rethinking recycling infrastructure is good, but more impt: source reduction. Recycling -- being a better recycler -- is ONLY a partial sol'n to #plasticpollution Here's more steps:
https://plasticfreepresident.org/ cc @brkfreeplastic @PlasticsBeyond...
In that story @ericroper explains how'd he'd heard the term from a man named Bill Keegan at a MN-based waste/recycling company called @Dem_Con. I recently contacted Bill and he replied the term may well have begun with him. #wishcycling 6/10
Source: http://green.nd.edu
I was writing a story at the time for @michellelegro via @topicstories on the #plasticbag -- and trying to explain the conundrum bags posed to curbside comingled recycling systems: #wishcycling #plasticpollution 2/10
See: https://www.topic.com/american-beauties
And because of this common misperception of the symbols stamped on plastic (they were developed back in the late 1980s), in 2013, the chasing arrows symbol was replaced by a solid triangle. Per the ASTM link a couple Tweets back. #envhist #plasticpollution #wishcycling #Recycle
Story opens w/ a video showing insides of a recycling-sorting facility. Via @baltimoresun Also, neologism of note: #wishcycling
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/environmen...
#discardstudies
#plasticpollution
