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on Saturday August 29 2020, @09:19AM
from the Use-it-up.-Wear-it-out.-Make-do.-Do-without. dept.
from the Use-it-up.-Wear-it-out.-Make-do.-Do-without. dept.
Practicing sustainability during a pandemic:
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated, well, everything, including everyday efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.
With disposable masks cluttering landfills and waterways, stores banning reusable bags and restaurants serving food only in takeout containers, it can be easy to get discouraged about the waste we're creating.
In a recent UCLA Connections webinar, UCLA Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer Bonny Bentzin offered much-needed encouragement for all of those who, thanks to the pandemic, see the word "reusable" and think "infected."
Video from the webinar on YouTube.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Saturday August 29 2020, @06:25PM
Disposable stuff, for the most part, isn't about protecting people from disease, but protecting people from the thought of disease. Those aren't the same thing, and never have been.
For example, lots of people think using disposable lemon-soaked paper napkins is better for cleaning your hands than soap and water, because you have to open a plastic package to get to it and your hands smell all lemony when you're done. But of course a proper wash with soap and water is way better, which is why it's the one mandated in every medical and food prep situation.
As far as pandemic sanitation goes: Wash down your food prep surfaces with diluted bleach periodically. Keep your home generally clean. Mop on occasion. The idea that you have to burn through tons of disposable wipes to be sanitary outside of a hospital environment just isn't true.
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