recycling
4 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 6, 2023 by Matanya Horowitz · across every show →
Everything said about recycling, oldest first
Jul 6, 2023 positive
Horowitz: Recycling is a highly forgiving robotics domain with low error penalties
“One of the nice things about recycling is, honestly, the bar is a little low. Like, it's hard to consistently create pure material. And so as compared to automotive, where you can't run over one out of a hundred people, you see, you know, for us, if you mess u…”
Jul 6, 2023 positive
Horowitz: Making recycling profitable in developing nations has the greatest environmental impact
“If you make recycling this fundamentally better business, you not only create a incentive to expand recycling in the U S or in Europe, but If you can make it so that there's a stronger incentive to recycle in the developing world, now you really make a huge im…”
Aug 17, 2023 positive
Aug 17, 2023 negative
Szaky: Recycling is a band-aid; the only real solution is buying less
“Recycling is a band-aid, right? And it's better than landfilling and incineration. It's a step in the right direction. You know, reuse is an even better step than recycling. But in the end, the only answer is going to be a significant reduction of buying thing…”