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[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

Oooh, mixer tap! But microplastics... but mixer tap!

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 22 hours ago

And microplastics

[-] Sternburgexport@feddit.org 8 points 22 hours ago

And microplastic

[-] AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

Redneck engineering.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 94 points 1 day ago

That's reusing, not recycling.

Remember, recycling is the last of the 3 Rs. You should reduce or reuse first.

[-] Brekky@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Is that true? I thought recycling was giving new purpose to an old object. Reuse to me implies another person using the object but in the same way it was originally intended.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, that's reusing. Recycling is breaking down the product into materials so it can be used to make new stuff.

The cycle in recycle means the production cycle.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 hours ago

No, the cycle doesn't close if you turn one product into a different one. Recycling is melting one bottle and turning into a new bottle. If you turn one product into a lower quality one, it's downcycling. Unless you are very proud of what you did, than it's upcycling

[-] lengau@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

Given that this is changing the product itself, it's more repurposing than reusing, which I'd say fits between reuse and recycle.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It works better if you think about the raw materials rather than the whole product;

Reduce the amount of plastic you use
Reuse the plastic you already have
Recycle the plastic you can't use anymore

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I guess it would technically be upcycling

What you’re describing is just giving/loaning/borrowing which don’t start with R but still contribute to a moneyless value economy which is still great for improving the efficient sharing of the resource pool toward desirable ends

[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The third one is ECYCE

[-] Vinstaal0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Reparing is the first one, idk where reduce comes into the saying.

Maybe we need to include a 4th R?

I would argue that repair is part of re-use, since you are allowing it to be used again. So would be part of the second r. The first r is reduce, which would boil down to: if you already have one, don't buy another. It's more effective to not need the resources in the first place.

[-] Vinstaal0@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

No it’s not, the full ladder is basically (and even legally here in NL rvo.nl )

  1. Refuse and rethink
  2. Reduce
  3. Re-use
  4. Refair/refurbish
  5. Recycle
  6. Recover

But the saying is often used as “Repair, Reuse, Recycle” in the right to repair programs.

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

I like those 6, but was not the mnemonic that was advertised around me. In general the order follows the life cycle of the minerals, so reduce is first as it means you dig up less. Reuse/repair is after it has been dug up, so less goes to disposal.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

I thought this might have been a post from @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world for a hot second.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I wish my posts could be as cool as Bones' posts!

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Someone's mouth used to touch that.

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

People with a single lever mixer tap:

Look what they need to Imitate a fraction of our power

[-] mikey@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 day ago
[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago

Gonna love those microplastics leeching in over time as well.

[-] spooky2092 14 points 1 day ago

That's why I eat plastic, gotta use that macro plastic to fight the micro plastics

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

microplastics when macroplastics walk in:

[-] 97xBang@feddit.online 15 points 1 day ago

Does it sound as great as it looks?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Good morning, I choose punctuation.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Adapt.
Improvise.
Overcome.
Microplastics.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

I love everyone commenting about this will add microplastics to your water. We are already full of them.

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