Those wristbands are a great example of manufacturing non recyclable garbage.
I understand that some fans might still want some souvenier, but this particular thing is an example of unecological waste.
I understand that some fans might still want some souvenier, but this particular thing is an example of unecological waste.
Edit: From their sustainability page it seems like they're actually "refurbished" and reused. :+1:
The thing is: if it's more profitable to make new ones than to reuse the old ones, they most certainly will go that way.
These guys clearly planned ahead :-)
Maybe in some cities they were collected? Not in mine.
It does look like they have boxes for you to return it at the end of the show. It doesn't seem too bad when I take it at face value. I'm sure the reality of how sustainable it is is a bit more complex.
It's nice that they collect them after shows, but still shouldn't call this product sustainable.
That's what sustainable means.
No. No it is not.
That's not how words work. You can't just make up their meaning like this.
> adjective
> 1. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
It is quite literally what sustainable means. Maybe don’t go around correcting people on the meaning of words if you haven’t bothered checking a dictionary?
1. Go back to the parent, and understand the context in which "sustainable" is used here.
2. Convince yourself that the discussion is about "sustainable development": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
Edit: I am concerned that you may not find the origin of the thread, so let me copy it here for you:
> Those wristbands are a great example of manufacturing non recyclable garbage.
> I disagree. I expect industrial civilization will continue indefinitely, meaning, we will continue manufacturing cute special-effect gizmos, and having fancy concerts with millions of dollars in special-purpose manufactured goods, and people will continue to have fun. > > That's what sustainable means.
But yes, I agree that it's better if they are actually repaired and reused. But being repairable and reusable is not enough: recycling, in general, doesn't really do what people expect (which is something like "it does no harm because it was recycled"). It's actually surprisingly hard to meaningfully recycle anything at all.
In this case, if it's more profitable to get new ones every time, that's probably the only incentive they need to not repair and reuse any of those.
They do - and at the Coldplay concert I went to, they tried to gamify it a bit by ranking cities by their return rates. Cardiff was unfortunately not at the top, though I did return mine!
The only part that has a shorter shelf life than the rest is the fabric part of the wristband which may later be swapped out to serve another show.