Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoTIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkTIL McDonalds once gave away Gillette safety razors as part of a promotional deal.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·edit-218 days agoThink of all the plastic that ends up in landfills thanks to these “disposable” razors.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·18 days agoAnd plastic producers have known since its inception that most can’t be recycled.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·18 days agoI’m guessing the metal in the razors could be re-used too. Probably too expensive to do it though.
minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 days agoAlso they’re technically a biohazard
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoI would think something like that would be relatively easy to take care of with the metal if there was a cost-effective way to recycle it because the metal would end up in a forge and I don’t think any pathogens could survive that high a heat.
Think of all the plastic that ends up in landfills thanks to these “disposable” razors.
And plastic producers have known since its inception that most can’t be recycled.
I’m guessing the metal in the razors could be re-used too. Probably too expensive to do it though.
Also they’re technically a biohazard
I would think something like that would be relatively easy to take care of with the metal if there was a cost-effective way to recycle it because the metal would end up in a forge and I don’t think any pathogens could survive that high a heat.