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0 pointswoodruffw3y ago0 comments

Which means that you should prioritize it relative to cycling instead of driving, not ignore it entirely.

(More concretely: individuals cycle, while household units generally compost together. A household of 4 produces a nontrivial amount of compostable waste and diverting it can be a significant ecological outcome, especially if it's replacing purchases of topsoil or artificial fertilizer. It also makes taking the trash out more pleasant, since it doesn't spend days rotting indoors before being tossed to the curb.)

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Schiendelman3y ago· 2 in thread

A household of 4 also drives at least twice as much as a single person. 2%.

If you’re spending your limited time and effort on 2% measures we’ve all already lost.

woodruffwOP3y ago

My household drives 0%, because we live in a major city. I don't even have a valid drivers' license. I already bike or take public transit to work every day.

> If you’re spending your limited time and effort on 2% measures we’ve all already lost.

We're talking about one measure, one that's specifically coextensive with managing your waste (assuming you don't throw your trash into a pile in the corner of your room). It takes me no extra time to throw a banana peel in the compost bin instead of the trash can; they're right next to each other.

Schiendelman3y ago

If all this is true about you, you aren’t the target audience.

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