2019-12-29 at 5:24 AM UTC
Da fuq.. crazy woman telling me Paper Napkins, Paper Towels, Paper Toilet Paper, Paper Plates are not recyclable.
then I find out it's true. How the fuck are they not recyclable? they make pulp out of them with cardboard and paper sheets and remake cardboard out of it.
2019-12-29 at 2:05 PM UTC
AngryIVer
African Astronaut
[my jade controlled morrigan]
Anything with food grease on it can't be used, so that's napkins, paper towels, paper plates, pizza boxes, et cetera. I'd assume toilet paper because of the biohazard all over it.
TL/DR: It's not the material, it's the contents.
2019-12-29 at 2:32 PM UTC
Yes, but they are made of wood pulp, and are landfilled. Trees suck CO2 out of the air, and turn it into wood. Therefore burying woodpulp reduces the CO2 in the atmosphere. You are sequestering carbon and fighting global warming.
2019-12-29 at 2:33 PM UTC
-SpectraL
coward
[the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
Shit and snot can't be recycled.
2019-12-29 at 3:06 PM UTC
-SpectraL
coward
[the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
Paper products like used toilet paper have viruses all over it. Many viruses are almost indestructible.
2019-12-29 at 8:06 PM UTC
I'm pretty sure they take this paper, and chemically wash it first and then boil it until it becomes the pulp and then dry it.
I would think anything biohazard from human mucus or fecal matter would be killed off and washed off. Sterilize.
so if it's not efficient enough to do it now, it should be. Stop killing trees
No I'm not a tree hugger but shit we could save so much of this paper if processed properly
2019-12-29 at 8:11 PM UTC
-SpectraL
coward
[the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Viruses break down in seconds outside of a cell.
Not true for all.
Norovirus and C. difficile... can survive for much longer. In one study, C. difficile was shown to survive for 5 months. Norovirus can survive for days or weeks...
The staphylococcus aureus bacteria that cause MRSA infections can survive for days to weeks on surfaces. MRSA bacteria can live on surfaces for longer than some other bacteria and viruses because they survive better without moisture.
The virus, SIRV2, infects a microscopic organism known as Sulfolobus islandicus that lives in what Egelman described as "extremely unusual" conditions: acidic hot springs where temperatures top 175 degrees Fahrenheit. The research identified surprising similarities between the SIRV2 virus and the spores bacteria form to survive in inhospitable environments. "Some of these spores are responsible for very, very horrific diseases that are hard to treat, like anthrax.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/nearly-indestructible-virus-yields-tool-battle-diseasesI could name dozens of other examples.
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2019-12-29 at 8:12 PM UTC
kroz
weak whyte, frothy cuck, and former twink
lol the other day I was walking down the street, eating a banana and tossed the peel and some old lady was like "HOW DARE YOU!" and I was like theres not trash can near by plus its biodegrable and the squirrels might want to eat it.
My cat eats almost anything I have laying out, he literally at the plastic string that goes around a piece of bologana.. I was concerned at first but he seems to be doing fine.. i haven't seen the plastic string tho in his litter box lmao.. what a dumb cat.
2019-12-29 at 8:45 PM UTC
Cly
African Astronaut
[foredate your moneyless friar's-cowl]
Paper products biodegrade
2019-12-29 at 8:58 PM UTC
Fonaplats
victim of incest
[daylong jump-start that nome]
I bet i can recycle a pizza box.
2019-12-29 at 10:55 PM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
Originally posted by AngryIVer
Let me see if I'm understanding this broken paragraph:
They take the soiled paper
Turn it into woodpulp
Bury it to make it degrade faster
That's what you're saying, yes?
trees absorb CO2, transforming them into pulp and burying them takes that CO2 out of the system
paper and wood pulp are pretty readily biodegradable though; in terms of creating waste they're a much better option than plastics or any other synthetic material
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2019-12-29 at 11:24 PM UTC
Here they are pretty keen to gather paper and plastic together for "recycling".
They don't want cans though.
Guess why.
Recycling meaning incineration.
At least it generates electricity.
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