30 Comments

1. 

   @spartan.falbion2761

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Glass is limitless resource.

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   @Jin-Ro

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Recycling was pushed by Oil Companies. This is a documented fact also covered by Jon Stewart, WITH THE EVIDENCE!
   To Paraphrease, the oil exec said "If the public think that recycling works, they'll be less concerned about the environment"

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   @gordonwelcher9598

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Millions of tons of toilet paper is flushed away every day.
   
   We should collect it for recycling.
   
   It could be used to make many items such as paper plates, drinking cups and straws.
   
   They could be dyed brown to hide any leftover impurities.

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4. 

   @nameless5413

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Much like any other problem relating to general populace this recycling is mostly just about making the people feel better, you want meaningful change step on throat of industries – they crap out so much pollution, waste and other crap that it makes any contribution some random individual dose completely meaningless.

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   @geertvlaenckx9942

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Get rid of plastic. Every bit of grocery is wrapped in some kind of plastic packaging, total waste.

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   @minidingbat265

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Why did you guys start talking about recycling but then moved on to say "well recycling is OK bit you could be doing better by changing your diet and travelling less" ??? Keep your talking specific, you started to sound a little bit ranty.

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   @IncubiAkster

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   I thought it was common knowledge that almost no plastic is actually recycled you put in the recyclinhg bin and just ends up in landfil in china, and its nothing but a placebo scam.

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   @peterhicks5590

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   Up to the 70s cars used to stripped out ,but then the price of metal went up so a crusher was made and you could an entire car in wheels .interior engine ,gearbox the lot push a button and a cube came out the other end ,and then send it to China where it was melted down for the metal of course the pollution was disgusting ,so good carbon foot print for the scrapyard !

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   @peterhicks5590

   January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

   UK plastics and old fridges /freezers & E waste turn up in Asia & Africa so why is this ?
   Its because there is a phoney export scheme to dump waste under the heading of recycle
   Anything exported has to have an end user certificate and these are just waved through no questions .

   UK exports millions of tons of rubbish to Sweden via ship ,they burn it in their waste to energy incinerators .

   We are now seeing smaller waste to energy incinerators popping up all over the UK ,just not in the posh areas ,its all to do with land fill quotas and taking the weight off the councils !

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    @AmateurHEROduelist

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    As a kid it was my chores to ‘sort out the recycling’ where I lived I had to separate cardboard, plastic, metals (tins etc), glass and put them in their designated boxes so they could be picked up by the council. I did this for over 10 years. Then panorama showed that all my chores were just being dumped on beaches in poor countries.

    I gave up at that point and felt scammed.

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11. 

    @freddiemercury2075

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Britain exports plastic waste around the world

    China exports virus around the world

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12. 

    @Yutappy99

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Why aren't we using glasses like borosilicate as containers. They're easy to clean, tough, break safe, dishwasher safe and microwave safe. We need a system where customers can bring in their own reusable containers and pay for exactly what they want.

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13. 

    @carly09et

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Burn & retought the plastic waste to produce synthetic crude and energy.

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14. 

    @xinceras-6542

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    You're missing the point. Plastic is poisonous. Recycling and reusing it is just keeping more poison around for longer. That's not a solution; it's stupidity. We need to get rid of plastic. Period.

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    @darthcaedus5124

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Plastic recycling is a giant scam made by people that want to feel better about themselves for helping the environment while doing nothing to fix it.

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    @adityashankert

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Ban plastic

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17. 

    @brianarmstrong3731

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Obvious answer is to reduce plastic use.

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18. 

    @mrlover4310

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    We should ban big companies lobbying governments only then will change happen.

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19. 

    @iwghd

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    I work in recycling and I see the evidence, we need to BAN single use plastic.

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20. 

    @carlrees6685

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Ban it

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21. 

    @yrosan

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Boris is 100% right. Of course recycling businesses will not like him saying they're borderline useless in their current form.

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22. 

    @paulrouth5997

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Johnson is correct in this instance.

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23. 

    @nonyabisness6306

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    "We all have to reduce our use of plastics" Yes yes let me just go down to the factory and do that. the rethorik is stupid. it's almost never the consumer that has any ability to do anything.

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    @travelwell6049

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Very interesting. I think we’re in a position where we, consumers, don’t have much choice about how much plastic waste we produce. There are very very few products that let you buy a refill packet. And items that come in cardboard tend to use cardboard that can’t even be recycled

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    @code5541

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Why instead of banning single use plastics which is completely undoable and unreasonable unless you want an elitist society, we dont force single use plastics to be made of plastics that are biodegradable in the short term. E.g a plastic that biodegrades in 6 months, that is already more than a huge amount of products shelve life time

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    @spc67h

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Recycling is often a misnomer: e.g. Tetra Briks are 'recycled' but new Tetra Briks are not made from recycled ones.

    'Cycle' in 'recycle' implies a closed loop, but that's obviously not the case.

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27. 

    @vidyagaems4063

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    When a conservative – and a conservative politician at that – has an opinion that is more correct than average, something is either miraculously right or horribly wrong.

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28. 

    @TheHoward1953

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    I have stopped recycling.

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29. 

    @angelic8632002

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Bit of a missed point here: Not all plastic is the same. Its a lot more compicated than the hyperbolic language used by Boris or recycling enthusiasts.
    Ultimately, plastic is here to stay. Its just that useful of a material, and we really don't have an alternative atm, that can wholesale replace it all.
    I think Boris knows this though, which is what hes getting at. Its just his way of saying it is not really helpful, and just makes the public confused.

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    @marcelogunther8561

    January 6, 2024 at 5:15 am

    Why does the UK not copy the German policy? Germany knows how to treat and avoid plastic. ups is EU…

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