I know they’re supposed to be good for the environment but… God I hate those caps.

  • riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    „Im so inconvenienced by the piece of trash i bought wanting to stay a single piece of trash”

    Humans as they discovered they made a small continent out of trash in the ocean. If it bothers you so much then stop buying plastic trash.

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      6 months ago

      Humans as they discovered they made a small continent out of trash in the ocean.

      It’s just an area of higher density particulate matter in the water.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

      Despite the common public perception of the patch existing as giant islands of floating garbage, its low density (4 particles per cubic metre (3.1/cu yd)) prevents detection by satellite imagery, or even by casual boaters or divers in the area. This is because the patch is a widely dispersed area consisting primarily of suspended “fingernail-sized or smaller”—often microscopic—particles in the upper water column known as microplastics.[4] Researchers from The Ocean Cleanup project claimed that the patch covers 1.6 million square kilometres (620,000 square miles)[5] consisting of 45,000–129,000 metric tons (50,000–142,000 short tons) of plastic as of 2018.

      NOAA stated:

      While “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is a term often used by the media, it does not paint an accurate picture of the marine debris problem in the North Pacific Ocean. The name “Pacific Garbage Patch” has led many to believe that this area is a large and continuous patch of easily visible marine debris items such as bottles and other litter – akin to a literal island of trash that should be visible with satellite or aerial photographs. This is not the case.

      — Ocean Facts, National Ocean Service[57]

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      6 months ago

      „Im so inconvenienced by the piece of trash i bought wanting to stay a single piece of trash” // Humans as they discovered they made a small continent out of trash in the ocean. If it bothers you so much then stop buying plastic trash.

      People are clearly complaining about how the feature was implemented. Not the goal (to keep it as a single piece of trash).

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          6 months ago

          So? (implied: “I dun unrurrstand u’re point”)

          I’m highlighting that the other user is missing the bloody point of the complain.

          People want less plastic waste, sure. And yes, less consumption is a way to achieve so - no shit Sherlock “riodoro” Holmes. However, in this specific case the design solution was done so poorly that it inconveniences the user by a lot, and it isn’t even reducing (first R) the amount of plastic being used, it’s just in the hopes that people actually recycle (third R) that small piece of junk there.

          Is this clear now?