Netley boy saves thousands of sweet tubs from landfill
www.bbc.com
Teddy has collected the plastic confectionery tubs because he wants to help save the planet.

Look how happy he is!

  • JillyB@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 days ago

    Teddy, who wants to be a marine biologist or a stunt man when he grows up…

    This article is surreal. The onion could post this exact article and it would fit right in.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      2·
      2 days ago

      That line made me smile more than the rest of the article, it’s just such an innocent view of the future.

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    It’s a bit disappointing that these are just going to be recycled and not actually repurposed. Went through all the trouble to collect them, perfectly good and useful for various things, but nah, just destroy them.

    Better than landfill, but it’s reduce, reuse, recycle, in that order, for a reason.

      • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Head a a boot sale and sell them at £1 for 5. People buying the other stuff there will have boxes for it.

        £500 as well.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukMEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    My auntie used to collect them too, in case they’d come in handy. Also lampshades. Helping her move in with my cousin because of the Alzheimer’s was fun, but it was getting three big, heavy Singer sewing machines down the loft ladder that was the challenge.

    Teddy, who wants to be a marine biologist or a stunt man when he grows up

    For a lad with that much get-up-and-go, he should consider combining the two.

  • stray
    2·
    3 days ago

    I don’t understand why landfills are a thing when trash can be burned for energy. Obviously recyclables should be recycled, but why is there even a landfill for them to end up in?

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Money and motive. I actually live in one of the few cities that do this.

      It is not a perfect solution. And as dumb as this sounds. That is often used as a reason not to spend on such plants. The issue is you simply cannot capture all co2 from burning. And still have to do something with what you do capture. Of course this in no way makes land fill better. But there is a reason for the phrase "don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. ". Building waste energy plants is more expensive (much) then continuing to fill a land fill. And people do genuinely use such arguments to refuse the spending.

      Add to that local authority government is normally so low turn out. That a few a noted voters can prevent things happening. And you have your answer.

    • Alice@beehaw.org
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      2 days ago

      Unfortunately a lot of things can’t be recycled (at least in my neck of the woods) but still aren’t safe to burn.

      Not that I’m kidding myself that those are the only things that end up in landfills. The whole infrastructure needs to be redone but no one who’s able to do that cares enough.

    • Evotech@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      It takes longer to sort shit out that you can burn than it takes for people to dunno new stuff in it I think