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I've randomly heard various iterations of the claim recycling is a scam but never received a fleshed-out explanation or anything

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[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, and think when growing up the three R's Reduce Reuse Recycle but which one was pushed the most to use Recycling the only one that doesn't reduce consumption so companies profits are not hurt.

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