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RE: Zero Waste: a hype or a necessity of our era?
I think something that largely gets ignored is innovations in recycling. There are [plastic eating mushrooms out there!]
(https://modernfarmer.com/2015/01/plastic-eating-mushrooms-save-world/)
Aside from that, I think people need to be aware. Right now in the states its so easy to use plastic bags and bottles because that is what our goods typically come in, we need innovation in order to overcome these. Zero waste is too difficult for most people right now in our country. We like easy here so we need innovations that clean up and are easy to use
I heard about the mushrooms, but I did'nt know very much. Thanks for sharing the link.
I agree with you about the fact that people needs innovation that are "easy" to follow. Governments also have their duty about that. Here, in France, there are laws about plastic bags that are used in supermarket and on market (they need to be compostable or recyclable). It can seems "little", but in facts, it is not. Here, people are used to keep with them, their own reusable bag and it's far from beeing difficult yet it needs a time of adjustment.
Yeah, Europe is ahead of most of the world in these things I think... You should see how surprised the cashdesk assistants always are when I say "no bolsa por favor" (no bag please) as I always bring my own bag and use it again and again... it always feels like I am the only one in the whole supermarket who does that :(
Change is not easy for everyone ... sometimes, we must "force" the behaviors before having a change in mentalities. I've been recycling for a long time and it's only recently that my mentality has really changed about it ...