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    411 day ago

    I am all for minimizing/eliminating single use plastics. But when i get served a milkshake in a plastic mug, with a plastic lid, and a plastic spoon, but a paper straw because of “save the sea”…

    i just wish we used our brains more.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 day ago

      What if dispenser machines had a pay by volume model? You bring your own thing, they fill it, and charge you by how much you use. Would probably need something added to measure flow and set prices, but it’s not like a McDonalds built in the 70s is still using exactly the same machines they were back then.

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        Could just do it by weight. Put vessel under nozzle. Zero scale, and hold till weight determined for sale, hand to customer. Could likely even have software do it.

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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          11 day ago

          Measuring by volume dispensed like gas pumps would be less likely to be abused. I can just lift the cup slightly as its filled and pay less.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 day ago

        Gas pump style soda fountains would be absolutely hilarious. Truly the peak of american culture.

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          41 day ago

          Years ago at Universal for Halloween Horror Nights they used bottom fill beer dispensers. They had a connector on the bottom of the cup so you could grab a cup pop it down on the machine and keep going. Say 15 beers in seconds. The beer fills to the exact height needed with the exact desired foam amount on top. No over poors or needing to have any loss. Time was cut down drastically. The cups had to be expensive, but when your charging $10 for $1 with of product you don’t have to worry to much about cup cost I guess. I remember thinking at that moment American Capitalism has peaked haha.

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          This but in Oregon you’d get yelled at for doing it yourself. :p

          Edit: Huh, turns out they lifted that ban in 2023 so now people can pump their own gas.

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      71 day ago

      If you saw how much plastic is used to get that paper straw to you (logistics) you would just drink from the cup

      Also paper cups are lined with plastic to stop the drink from running through it, metal cans are lined with plastic to prevent a metallic taste

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      21 day ago

      Honestly how much more expensive would glass mugs/cups be? Like A&W Canada will give you a chilled mug for root beer (and other drinks but the root beer is iconic)

      If it’s to go then then paper cups are fine. The paper straws are just annoying…