this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
621 points (97.7% liked)
memes
13962 readers
1753 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins5. No Spam/Ads
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Sister communities
- !tenforward@lemmy.world : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world : Linux themed memes
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world : for those who love comic stories.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Aluminum is cheaper to recycle than to make, even more so than glass.
And it's basically infinitely recyclable
You lose a bit of it every time you recycle, turned into non-recyclable compounds.
You will lose half of it in half a dozen iterations or so. What wouldn't be a big deal if so much of it wasn't single-use, but it is.
Also, aluminum is more polluting to make than most plastics. It may compensate for that with the easiness of recycling or not, depends on lots of details.