Wife just got me a soda maker. We were sipping and chatting idly about how it’s so weird that our little town doesn’t offer recycling on our street. The bubbles were so strong that right on cue I was able to burp-scream WUD THE FUHHHHGHHKK about it

Seriously, what’s with that

  • FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz
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    8 hours ago

    it’s so weird that our little town doesn’t offer recycling on our street.

    A lot of places don’t even recycle the recycling. The idea of recycling is great but in practice it’s pretty much a shit show. Not enough places doing it, not enough facilities to handle the different materials, not enough money in it to motivate corporations to do better.

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      4 hours ago

      …I pay for recycling, and my city has a recycling center. I hope they’re actually recycling the stuff I send to them. 😩 I’m mostly talking about the metal and glass. That’s the good stuff right there.

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        8 hours ago

        Yup! Recognizing the shortcomings can definitely help with future decision making about purchases. It would be nice to see a more urgent stance taken on recycling though.

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    It’s too late now I suppose for recommendations, but I really like my DrinkMate. Unlike SodaStream you can carbonate any liquid not just water. Comes out better if you premix the concentrate and carbonate all together. Lose too much carbonation otherwise. It’s also not a company that directly participates in genocide 👀 so that’s definitely better too.

    Whatever you got I highly recommend getting a larger, standard tank and adapter. The prices these companies charge for CO2 is absolutely insane. Find a local supplier, dry ice can also work.

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      7 hours ago

      That’s the one we went with. Thanks for the nudge about standard tanks, I actually was considering getting a corny keg down the road just for my brewing hobby anyway. Need to find a local supplier though.