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Ray20 on June 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alterna...

Putting your trash in a local garbage dump is EASIER and CHEAPER than putting it in the garbage patch in the Pacific, so stop doing that right now.

zulu-inuoe on June 7, 2025 [–]

Incorrect. If I throw my plastic bags out on the road it's much easier. It'll find its way to the Pacific eventually

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