Here is a list I have formed:

-Switch to Esim

-Build more apartments

-Use shampoo/conditioner bars

-Put carbon labels on products

-Buy stuff at the store

-Eat plant based

-Prioritize transit over cars

-Switch to Ecosia

-Recycle

-Give homemade gifts

-Compost

-Be organized

-Avoid synthetic cloths

-Switch to green burials

-Buy reputable carbon credits

-Mandate microfibre filters for washing machines

-Install Linux on old computers

-Switch to Electric car -Shut down all oil operations

-Pickup litter

-Ride your bicycle instead of the car

-Adopt kids and companions instead

-Build more green spaces

-Convert animal agriculture land to wild lands

-Support repairability

-Ban private jets

    • Dojan@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      That’s a pretty stunning figure. Wonder how large a portion of that is private individuals vs. companies.

      I changed my SIM for the first time in a decade earlier this year. Do people change SIMs more frequently than that?

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        9 months ago

        18,000,000 kg / 7,000,000,000 = 0.0025 kg per person on earth. 2.5g per person. Its not a big number at all.

        Granted, not everyone has a phone or sim, so the number may be 2-4x higher, but we are talking about such a tiny amount of waste that its a rounding error in the scheme of things.

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      9 months ago

      See, to me, those numbers just dont seem that bad in the scheme of things, annual medical waste in Victoria, Australia, is 3x that (Vic is a state of 7-8M people, we are pretty small). I bet the single use plastic shopping bags tossed annually dwarfs this by many orders of magnitude.

      https://www.health.vic.gov.au/planning-infrastructure/waste

      Many phones dont support eSIM yet, so an individual switching means throwing away an otherwise fine phone, and that doesnt seem worth it to save on 1 credit card sized peice of plastic.