In Derbyshire, UK, we have three bins with different colour lids.
Green- domestic waste, generally bound for landfill, sometimes waste to energy. Anything can go in here but we are deterred from putting toxic material such as batteries in this bin.
Grey- recyclable material such as paper, metal and glass. Some have separate containers for glass.
Brown- garden waste. This one is optional and there is an additional £40 annual fee to use the service (the others are included in the council tax).
Appliances can be left by the roadside and a privately operated metal recycling company will eventually find these. Many scrap yards will buy cars and pay by the kg for the metal. I got about £200 for my 1996 Volvo V40 (~1400kg). Anything else can be disposed of at municipal waste processors which is free for domestic users and charged for commercial waste.
I remember talking to an ice-cream seller in Egypt and he asked me what I do for a living. When I told him I was an engineer he said 'so am I'. The predatory behaviour of Egyptian street sellers made more sense after that exchange but it never stopped grating. I think the best way deal with it is engage with the people in a friendly way and have a laugh. Most of the time people just need acknowledgement, that goes a long way.
5G causes Corona virus is a favourite. Most of the biblical claims but those are too obvious.
Excluding religion and conspiracy theories, expensive speaker cables produce sound quality that is superior to cheap cables. Turning a phone off in an aircraft improves safety. My daughter's teacher confidently informed me that bicycles are more dangerous than cars. That was probably the most depressing and stupid.
Taking a question like that at face value could mean they were being socially inept and lacking self awareness. It could also be motivated by jealousy if the target is getting more attention. The best approach is to fire back with both barrels, culminating in a physical altercation and criminal proceedings.
I don't think it's the ratio of dilution so much as the volume over time. Weaker beverages like 2% beer are less harmful than spirits because it's much harder to binge but they still do some damage. I don't think they are arguing for prohibition, their emphasise is on harm reduction. A world without alcohol might not be desirable and if we are informed about how to use alcohol in a sustainable way that is surely better than what we have now.
Seems like the Aussies assessed the evidence, figured out that social media does more harm than porn and took the appropriate action. The English worked backwards from the assumption that porn does more harm and allowed social media to continue spreading its poison. Classic English values.
My source was David Nutt's research group, who were tasked with assessing the effects of alcohol in order to inform public policy in the UK. The toxic limit is not precise, it's variable depending on many factors but I would imagine it's lower than most people would guess, considering the legal status compared to substances that are non-toxic like LSD, heroin, cannabis, psilocybin, etc. Our laws and attitudes to substances often don't make sense, when considering the overall harm that they do.
It seems low because alcohol is socially acceptable and ubiquitous but ethanol is a poison and a fuel. A toxic limit indicates the amount of a substance consumed over a period of time before degradation occurs. There is a toxic limit for ionising radiation, carbon monoxide, ultra violet and many other things. We limit our exposure to these sources of harm for good reason.
I heard that the toxic limit of alcohol is half a glass of wine per year. It's linked to many diseases and at high dosage and harmful even at low dosage. Alcohol has never been my drug of choice but that stat made me think twice about the small amount of drinking I did. Nothing against drinking or people who enjoy it but it is a dangerous drug.
One of the abiding childhood memories of hugging my mother is that it felt like hugging a tree. She obviously didn't like it but wouldn't reject the hug and it never prevented me from doing it but it struck me as odd, even as a ten year old. My dad would hug us normally and hold hands. Later on I realised that we're probably all autistic and have sensory issues. These days I love hugs with my daughter and she always seeks my hand to hold.
In Derbyshire, UK, we have three bins with different colour lids.
Green- domestic waste, generally bound for landfill, sometimes waste to energy. Anything can go in here but we are deterred from putting toxic material such as batteries in this bin.
Grey- recyclable material such as paper, metal and glass. Some have separate containers for glass.
Brown- garden waste. This one is optional and there is an additional £40 annual fee to use the service (the others are included in the council tax).
Appliances can be left by the roadside and a privately operated metal recycling company will eventually find these. Many scrap yards will buy cars and pay by the kg for the metal. I got about £200 for my 1996 Volvo V40 (~1400kg). Anything else can be disposed of at municipal waste processors which is free for domestic users and charged for commercial waste.