• grue@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Recycling is literally the least important thing you can do (despite still being important).

        The phrase “refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle” is listed in order of importance.

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          8 months ago

          I hate that they added more shit. “Reduce, reuse, recycle” was perfect.

          “refuse” is literally the same thing as “reduce”

          “repurpose” is a subset of “recycle”

          What the fuck is it nowadays with wanting to tack on more useless shit to perfect mnemonics? Especially for a mnemonic whose entire point is to prevent wastefulness.

          • snooggums@midwest.social
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            8 months ago

            “repurpose” is a subset of “recycle”

            Repurpose is reuse, just for a different use than originally intended.

            Your point about reduce, reuse, recycle being enough is absolutely correct and all I ever hear about is the recycle part which is counterproductive when it is used to justify mass consumption and disposable products.