Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it’s limited and finite recycle count

  • @Aux
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    -67 months ago

    Glass bottles have bigger impact on the environment.

    • @Mitchie151
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      37 months ago

      Unless they’re reused over and over again.

      • @Aux
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        27 months ago

        They’re not re-used over and over again. Every drink manufacturer has its own bottle shape, thus most bottles just go into a smelter. And smelting glass is a fucking nightmare from the environment’s perspective.

        • @RGB3x3
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          7 months ago

          Then this is a problem with regulation. Bottle manufacturers should be forced to use only a couple regulated shapes.

          But in the case I’m talking about, I’d be reusing the glass bottle myself, taking the empty one somewhere to refill. Which is way more sustainable than the basically single-use plastic jugs I have to use now.

          • @Aux
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            07 months ago

            Plastic is not a signle use. You can it re-use it the same way. It lasts forever, remember?

            • @RGB3x3
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              07 months ago

              It’s about micro plastics leeching into the water. Reusing plastic means more and more of the micro plastics end up in the water.

              And besides, there’s no infrastructure for me to get distilled water outside of buying a new plastic jug.

              Is this really that difficult to understand?

              • @Aux
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                17 months ago

                Micro plastics don’t do crap. CO2 emissions on the other hand…