551
Never clean (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 96 points 1 month ago (18 children)

End the microplastic pollution, use glass or metal

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 18 child comments
    •
  • [–] 35 points 1 month ago (13 children)

    My wife is starting to get really irritated with me as I begin my recycled jar collection.

    The problem I foresee is that most of my old salsa jar lids will eventually rust and I'm not sure what to replace them with.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 13 child comments
    •
  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Glass recycles, so you could recycle the jar and replace it

    You could also use beeswax wraps, or a silicone sheet and a tie

    If you need the sterility of a sealed jar, I imagine you'll just need to replace them over time

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
    •
  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Glass recycles

    Not as much as you might think. A lot of places have stopped recycling glass because it's hazardous and there are huge backlogs of recycled glass. Yes it recycles from a material science perspective, but from a logistics perspective there are issues.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Over here over 90% of glass put in the recycling is recycled into new glass bottles/jars. The rest of the glass goes into making roads

    You guys having problems recycling glass?

    I struggle to comprehend that the dangers of broken glass haven't been overcome everywhere

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    You're lucky, my area stopped recycling glass years ago. Like I said, there's a huge backlog which makes processing less attractive. Also most recycling seems to be single stream (all recyclables go in one bin and get sorted at the facility), and broken glass contaminates the other recyclables which is dangerous to human sorters and is abrasive to machines.

    I've seen a couple pilot programs pulverizing glass for concrete, but as with lots of recycling (looking at you plastic) in most places it's not as simple as "Just recycle it". Again, more a logistics issue than a material one.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I think it may be an issue in your area, also, where do you live? That's such a bad way of recycling...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    You replace them new lids. Where I live loose jar lids are sold in packs in practically every supermarket. Really not difficult to find at all.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    For Mason jars that is fine. My issue is with my Mrs Renfro salsa jars I've collected, they are not a standard Mason jar size lid

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    From where I’m from plastic was kind of luxury until 90’s and that’s one of very few things from that country that would be great to bring back.

    Inatead of cellophane bags there were netting bags or paper ones, bottles were all glass that got collected, sent back to factories to be washed and refillled. If one got their hands on plastic bag or bottle, probably somehow smuggled from the West - it was a goddamn status symbol from then on, and you don’t throw your status symbol away. 🌝

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •