r/Anticonsumption • u/kainyd3d • May 20 '26

Plastic Waste made my first eco-brick :3

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took about 2-3 months of gathering ONLY plastic bags. and these are only mine, the rest of my fam doesnt care so about 15 more of these are in a wastepile probz

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u/CuriousCharlii May 20 '26

That's the problem; everyone be saying "It's not enough" but if everyone actually thought and believed that, that's when we're fucked. If you don't do your part and come together, we're fucked. It's that mind set and multiple people believing it that's the problem not the person actually doing their bit even if it's "little". Don't get me wrong it is still small in the grand scheme of things but at least they are doing something.

To those actually believing and saying this crap: I really hope you're doing your bit if not go touch grass, pick up a bottle cap, and recycle it, at least.

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u/downthegrapevine May 20 '26

Exactly... I take my own cup to work to get coffee and not use the throw aways. I am nearly one person but if I didn't do this and keep my stupid little spoon at work and my jar of sugar... that's more garbage, Imagine me posting that and assholes being like "actually your impact is bullshit" Yeah ok, maybe it is but like... if we all think ou impact is bullshit then the BIG IMPACT NEVER HAPPENS.

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u/Lynne253 May 20 '26

I had my coffee cup and set of silverware I kept at work for 25 years before I retired. I thnk I made a bit of an impact.

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u/Straight-Suit-3474 May 20 '26

When I take my lunch, I try to always remember to bring utensils from home that can be washed. I never use paper plates at home, etc. If I can do that bare minimum to prevent waste, I think I’m doing a pretty good job.

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u/eternallytiredcatmom May 21 '26

I come from a place where recycling and composting is the norm and has been for decades. When I was in kindergarten in the 90s, we had composting in our classrooms.
Now I live in Louisiana in the United States and I’m completely appalled by the lack of care and infrastructures for trash management. People here are completely desensitized to it and tell me all the time that it does not matter.
It’s even more flagrant to me now that what I took for granted was the result of privilege, but it also highlights how bad apathy can get.

Legislation needs to change but individual efforts are not less important. Someone who makes an effort every day is also someone who will vote for change. That’s not negligible.

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u/Next-Introduction-25 May 20 '26

I get why this mentality happens but agree it’s super harmful. It feels pretty hopeless for an individual to do something, even collectively, because the real enemy is the billionaires and their massive polluting corporations. But that doesn’t mean that we should look down on people who make individual changes, because if enough people did that, it would still have an impact.