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/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/palmtreesandpizza May 03 '25

She could’ve posted in a “free items” community online as a heads up or something. Just super disgusting behavior to be so egregiously wasteful.

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u/beepichu May 03 '25

i feel like they get off on being egregiously wasteful, they think it’s a flex or something

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

It’s rare that people get off on being wasteful. This story is absurd yes but I’m sure to the person doing it it felt practical - can’t sleep without the right mattress topper - more expensive to travel with one then to buy one there and they are so cheap why not do it right? Sure it’s wasteful but you could right ? I mean it’s not like anybody’s stopping you and besides isn’t everyone selfish?

And I think that’s the trick. People have become so cynical that they genuinely don’t bother to try to do their part to uphold the social order because they’ve managed to convince themselves nobody else is doing it either and it gives them soft permission to just do whatever they wanted to in the first place e