This alone has resulted in several really positive life changes.
Fuck plastic.
One time my sister in law sent us a box of random temu crap completely unsolicited. When she asked what my wife thought, my wife told her "I feel sad because for every one person like me who composts and recycles everything, there are thousands of people like you buying this stupid shit"
I was so proud to be married to her in that moment. I am in every moment, but things like that are just awesome
I've found that the greatest thing in life for health and money is just really loving vegan soups with legumes and that doubles as being a conservation choice
I forgot to read the rules it says right here JOKES ONLY ALLOWED IF YOU REFUSE TO BE FUNNY
Toying with the idea of setting up plastic pyrolysis to cut down on microplastics and get fuel from trash.
Sorting everything effectively sounds like the most challenging part.
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/11/plastic-waste-in-the-fuel-tank/
I've heard that at least PVC and LDPE are either hazardous or trickier or both.
That sounds interesting. I'm not super familiar with it. Do you just melt down certain kinds of plastics?
Using my advanced 9th grade biology Latin education, I can tell you that pyro means fire or heat and lysis means to break apart or split. I therefore think this commenter is saying under the right heat conditions the long chains of plastics will break down into smaller, more useful compounds
It saves me a lot of money on impulse buys and junk food too. There's an old Simpsons episode where Lisa is sweet on this stereotypical hippie boy and he has a line about "pocket mulching". I think about it every time I bring home recyclables in my pocket.
