Anheuser-Busch, via an industry sponsored fake environmental website, promotes the idea that recycling of waste is not the problem of, or responsibility of, the companies that produce and distribute the disposable products.
Their Baldwinsville, NY facility is the 11th largest discharger of toxic waste into water in the US.
How many recycled cans would make up for that?
The Garden State Subversive writes about disposable clothing, suggesting we “buy alternative fibers such as bamboo and hemp”, OK, but what about wool? Pretty much lasts forever. Kind of a pain to wash, I guess. Also comes from sheep. Not efficient.
Anyway, in the article she links, the claim is made that “once bought, an estimated 21% of annual clothing purchases stay in the home”.
Does this mean people throw out 79% of the clothing they buy every year?
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