It better work, as it's probably our only hope. It also seems like the right thing to do because reusing and minimizing waste is definitely better than blind consumerism. Of course, not everything can be reused, and there are areas where it can be a health risk (reusable syringes are a health risk, reusable condoms are a bad idea, many medical things require single-use plastic for proper sterile conditions), but where possible, we should stick to reusing stuff and opting for long-lasting quality over cheaper but short-lasting products. People love the idea of recycling, but lately it's been discussed that this should be one of our last resorts because recycling is often difficult, and it shouldn't encourage people to use tons of 'recyclable' single-use stuff.
Speaking of cryptos, I think it's important to for miners to switch more and more to cleaner sources of energy and stop using coal if they can.
Consumerism and cycle is not really connected to each other. You could be doing blind consumerism and also pay a certain people to gather the dirt and then ... well ship it to space I suppose, I really do not know what is the healthy way to dispose of them or reuse them.
We had that in our nation for YEARS now, and it has been working amazingly, we pay peanuts, like literally less than one cent for each bottle you collect, BUT when people make it their business, they collect TONS and that turns out to be a great profit for them. Sure it is not clean business, sure you garbage dive to find those stuff, and yes we still have some garbage left, but at least stuff like plastic gets collected and we are cleaner than most nations.
We still allow factories to use their chimneys to destroy the world, so we are not great at every green thing, but the collection of bottles seems to be a thing we managed to do along with consumerism together.
