By Lauren Fernandez / CTV News

  • Surp@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So dumb. Go look at how the top corps make up 70% of the worlds emissions and stop being brainwashed like it’s us small potatoes people doing shit. That one water bottle a week you put in recycling ain’t doing much.

    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I know this is trotted out a ton, but those corps make those emissions by selling their product to consumers. We have a personal responsibility in this. We support those companies with our money.

      • jerkface@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, this is like the argument that it’s okay to purchase things made by slaves because it’s the evil corporations who own slaves, not me!

      • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        “cCompanies have customers, and therefore no responsibility to the environment!”

        Fuck off with this shit.

        The grocery store I work in tosses thousands of pounds of plastic per day directly into the landfill. But you think they can’t recycle because they have customers?

        Just because there’s demand for their product doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be doing a whole fuck of a lot more than they are.

        • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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          1 year ago

          Completely agree, but the argument that companies are responsible makes people feel like they are powerless to do anything, or worse, that they can just keep going as-is with no modification to their lifestyle. I 100% think the companies should be held accountable and in my ideal situation should be taxed to hell to pay for the transition to renewables.

          • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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            1 year ago

            The thing that people should do is point their fingers at companies and demand regulation. It would be so much more effective than banning drinking straws.

    • Cyborganism@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      You’re kinda right, but at the same time we need to stop purchasing stuff that they sell that create population.

      One example I can think of are those god damn coffee pods. Or disposable razors. I buy my coffee from a bulk store with my own reusable containers, grind it and use a French press to make my coffee. My razor is an old fashioned metal safety razor and I buy the individual blades alone. No plastics. This is so much better to fight pollution.