Went to a restaurant in LA today and when I got the check I noticed that it was a bit higher than it should be. Then I noticed this 18% service charge. So… We, as customers, need to help pay for their servers instead of the owners paying their servers a living wage. And on top of that they have suggested tip. I called bs on this. I will bet you that the servers do not see a dime of this 18% service charge. [deleted a word so it wasn’t a grammatical horror to read]
Corporations invented “recycling” because consumer were feeling bad about throwing away all that plastic and were consuming less. 90% of it ends up in the landfill and the consumer feels good about saving the planet. Even the symbol is a scam.
Corporations:
It would be fucking awesome if it ended up in the landfill.
It ends up on pristine beautiful south Pacific island beaches.
Fiji water has the most inefficient bottle return program. Most of the bottles just end up in Jakarta.
Where I live our recycling rate is pretty good and a lot of it either ends up recycled back to use or is used for energy. A lot less stuff ends up in the landfill. Seems to work alright, the rates could be higher but that’s something that varies from country to country.
In the US we can’t even recycle plastic anymore because China quit buying it. I’ve read that tons of recycled paper/cardboard just ends up in a landfill too because recyclers get too much to handle or it gets contaminated. One of the 3 “R’s” is “reduce” meaning not generating that waste to begin with, but many people only consider the “recycle” part as being all they need to do to be doing things sustainably.
Not just one of the Rs, it’s the first R. It’s the most important one!