[dylan604]

I took out my comment calling it wish-cycling propaganda as a selling point, and decided to be less cynical. Anytime I see that kind of obvious play on the recycling heart string as a selling point just makes me throw up a little and roll my eyes all at the same time. The marketing department just goes overboard and nobody calls them on it

[Retric]

Recycle is more than just the municipal recycling stream, you can use that kind of shavings for some things. For example use glue to add fur to a cardboard creation.

[Jolter]

That’s a good example of reuse, not recycling.

Recycling means making new cardboard or paper out of old material.

[Retric]

The common definition, “Reuse is the action or practice of using an item, whether for its original purpose or to fulfill a different function.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuse Reusing grocery bags as trash bags is the same item in a new context.

“Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling

Old tires to footwear is recycling even if you can see the old tread pattern you don’t have a tire at this point it’s a new item, or as I suggested cardboard crap waste to fir on a piece of artwork. The difference is you’re modifying the underlying item for use as part of something new.

It can feel like a grey area. Upcycled is often used when much of the original item remains, but shredded cardboard isn’t really cardboard as it lacks some of its fundamental properties arising from the 3D structure.

[bluGill]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. That is an ordered list, you move to the next step only after you can done everything you can in the previous step.

[asielen]

If it is clean, can't you also compost it?

[IAmBroom]

Or, you know, just bin the 1/2-ounce of shavings.

[coldpie]

> and nobody calls them on it

This is so low on the long list of bad things in the world that it isn't worth the calories burned to type up a callout.

> I took out my comment calling it wish-cycling propaganda as a selling point, and decided to be less cynical.

Good call. I thought the comment as you wrote it was perfectly good & useful.