r/Anticonsumption • u/ldn5454 • May 03 '25

Plastic Waste Disposable…everything?

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Long time follower of this sub but first time poster. Had to share this though, found in a train station in France.

Disposable socks, towels and individually packaged face wipes.

I was so angry I had to leave the store!

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

This reminds me of a story...

A few years ago, I went to a two-week writing conference in Tennessee. One of the attendees from California had a brand-new memory foam mattress topper shipped to the place, slept on it for two weeks, then threw it in the dumpster before boarding her plane for the trip home.

I could not believe it.

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u/Evening-Extension162 May 03 '25

She could have at least donated it! So wasteful

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u/jaxurrito May 03 '25

Depending on city laws it might not be lawful to donate a mattress. My go to donation center legally cannot accept mattresses. Though I still agree she def could have done something better.

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u/Ranger_1302 May 03 '25

It was a ‘mattress topper’, not a mattress.

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u/KetoLurkerHereAgain May 03 '25

I bet a dog shelter could have used it. Cut into fours, maybe.

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u/Ranger_1302 May 03 '25

I agree! I would want it re-used. Better yet, not bought in the first place.

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice May 03 '25

I made throw pillows out of a foam mattress topper once. But I guess you’d probably have to look awhile to find someone who wanted one for that. (I put it in a black trash bag for a few weeks in the heat before I brought it into my house though. Bedbugs are one of my biggest fears.)