I know it's early but not a single comment about microplastics when discussing plastic vs glass? Y'all slacking.
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
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Reusable plastic bottles or metal are great, it's the single use plastics that are really terrible.
The banning of plastic bag sees the rise of reusable bag...being taken as single use. Multiple times higher footprint, multiple times higher cost. People will do everything for their own convenient.
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As we all know, glass bottles are definitely not environmentally ruinous
"Return to tradition" may be tempting to some, but it's not an actual solution.
A study comparing the environmental impacts of various single-use beverage containers has concluded that glass bottles have a greater overall impact than plastic bottles
But... but... Glass is not single use. That is the whole point. I don't like this article.
But… but… Glass is not single use.
When used for mass-produced beverages it very much is. Hell, plenty of beverages still use disposable glass bottles today, and that's not even getting into the fact that glass bottles use to be the standard, which is part of the reason why there's so much nostalgia around them.
In the same vein, plastic is not inherently single-use. If we're comparing multi-use plastic and multi-use glass, then the same calculus applies.
But in the meme it’s the kind of milk bottle you return to the store for $ and they wash and refill it. Not really covered by that study I don’t think
glass bottles have a more damaging overall effect, largely because they are heavier and require more energy for their production.
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If you have single use bottles, aluminum like soda cans is lowest impact. But any reusable solution (meal, plastic, or glass) is much much better.
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Is that a “straw man” I smell?
He's literally offering you a direct rebuttal. Do you even know what the term "straw man" means?
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Is that a “straw man” I smell?
Alright, I'm sure you can explain what the meme means and how it has absolutely nothing to do with an implication that glass bottles are less environmentally ruinous than plastic. By all means, I'm all ears.
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