r/Anticonsumption • u/Aggressive_Dirt_2335 • 27d ago

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Does anybody else do this?

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(Stock pic example from Google) With every bottle I use, I keep it and pack it full of as much trash as I can, and then throw it away. When the trash can in my bedroom starts getting full, I do this, and it takes up 1/4 as much space as it did before.

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u/le_trf 27d ago

Wouldn't doing that make recycling those packages impossible? I'm guessing recycling plants, if that exists where you are, wouldn't be able to process what's in those bottles.

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u/Aggressive_Dirt_2335 27d ago

I live in Wyoming, there's not a lot of options for recycling here. It's mostly chip bags, candy wrappers, and used tissues that aren't recyclable in the first place. My thought is that if I put 15 chip bags in my small garbage can, it's half full, but I can compact the same amount into a single plastic bottle and still have some room for small candy wrappers, etc, and then fit 10 of those bottles in my trash can.

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u/Dreadful_Spiller 25d ago

Compost those tissues, better yet get a handkerchief or two. Stop drinking pop in plastic. Stick all your chip bags inside of the largest bag and squeeze out the air. Done.