Zero Waste

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Being "zero waste" means that we adopt steps towards reducing personal waste and minimizing our environmental impact.

Our community places a major focus on the 5 R's: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot. We practice this by reducing consumption, choosing reusable goods, recycling, composting, and helping each other improve.

We also recognize excess CO₂, other GHG emissions, and general resource usage as waste.

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To complete its green transition, Europe should mine its own trash (www.anthropocenemagazine.org)

submitted 5 months ago by uszo165@futurology.today to c/zerowaste@lemmy.ml

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've wondered for a while if this shouldn't be more of a thing. Even if we don't have the tech to do it well now just sorting the stuff out for the future makes sense to me

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[–] kungen@feddit.nu 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

It's all a cost-question. Most of these materials cost more to recover, than to buy new. But that will surely change in the future, and it's good that we increase focus on it already from the start.

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago

That's why I hate capitalism so much as I grow older. Can't afford being stewards of the environment. Drives me crazy

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