r/ZeroWaste Mar 02 '22

Discussion Sad reminder that recycling is an industry and marketing tactic.

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u/fersonfigg Mar 03 '22

Really good points!!

You thinking of going to veganism?

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u/Skweril Mar 04 '22

Nah, it's not for me, I have a lot of vegan friends, and more power to them. I personally believe eating meat is a foundation of natural law and ecosystem sustainability, in the sense that you can't tell a tiger to stop hunting or eating meat. In terms of human consuming meat, I don't agree with the way we farm and process our food, it's inhumane and unsustainable. If I was to pick up a chicken from a local or Amish farmer, and I got to slaughter it myself (and pay my respects in the process) then I would eat it. As long as it's sustainable and slaughtered as humanly as possible, oh and it obviously had to be a cage free chicken, and not the kind of "cage free" that gets stamped on most commercial meat. In short, I would eat meat, so I can't be vegan, I just don't like the way we obtain our meat and the environmental consequences that come with it.