snownyte ( @snownyte@kbin.social ) 17•2 months agoThe world isn’t going to end by nuclear warfare.
It’s not going to end by a great famine.
It’s not going to end by an asteroid.
It’s not going to end by a cataclysmic shift of some sort involving space that’s out of our control.
It’s going to end by plastic.
Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) English3•2 months agoCan you explain?
Tiltinyall ( @Tiltinyall@beehaw.org ) English3•2 months agoYou know, I was thinking about this and; Since plastic seems to be the easiest thing to synthesize given the resources provided, logic would dictate that earths natural evolutionary course would be implementing decay resistant shells for it’s inhabitants. Take the Arthropods evolutionary advantage for example. Earth is evolving too, and it’s next step is an armored shell. For what though…
BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) English6•2 months agoUnderstandable.
But also, how about actually cooking food.
oehm ( @oehm@midwest.social ) English23•2 months agoPlenty of ingredients for cooking come in single use containers
BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) English1•2 months agoNot ones that you wash out to recycle.
Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) English6•2 months agoI cook a lot and still have tons of plastic. Cheese. Quark. Cream.
i_stole_ur_taco ( @i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ) English10•2 months agoCauliflower? Wrapped in plastic.
Cucumber? Individually wrapped in plastic, or in a bag.
All protein? Plastic film and maybe some styrofoam for good measure.
Asian pears? INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED IN STRYOFOAM MESH
Small tomatoes or berries? Plastic container.
If someone buys their fresh foods from a grocery store, some things are impossible to find without already being wrapped in a ton of plastic. And they came in on a truck where the pallet was wrapped with another metric ton of plastic wrap.
It’s everywhere. Even when you’re not buying something wrapped in plastic, it was probably already wrapped in plastic and the store already threw it out for you.
BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) English3•2 months agoNone of which is recyclable, except the berry container.
Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) English3•2 months agowhat’s up with all the fatalists here?