How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
How the recycling symbol lost its meaning
Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth.
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If you think America is dependent on plastic you should visit Asia. Here is an anecdote which explains it:
I went to a supermarket to buy some food. I saw readymade duck meat and it looked deliciousdelicious. It was packaged in a transparent plastic bag inside of a hard plastic shell. I tried to take it but one of the grandmas who work there snatched it out of my hand and put it into another plastic bag. Then I went to pay for it and they put my nice plastic package into a plastic bag so it's easier for me to carry.
By that time my 200 grams of duck meat was packaged in four layers of soft and hard plastic.
Or bread, in Germany, Poland and Sweden where I lived before they put bread into a paper bag, which makes it stay crispy. Here in Korea the bread goes into a clear plastic bag, which then goes into a plastic bag for carrying. If you let in be in the plastic, once you're home the bread is almost soggy.
cool but i still think America is pretty dependent on plastic haha
Cool. I never said it wasn't, I just added more information about other countries, lol
Ah fair sorry. I usually see that figure of speech (if you think __ then __) as dismissive of the former term.
My apologies for the misreading.