Otter@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollutionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 年前You are going to have a much harder time convincing people to give up on their soda addiction than you are finding a way to get the soda addicts to get Coke and Pepsi to switch back to glass.
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 年前Perhaps so, alas. And the rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. sigh.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前That’s the thing about addiction. You keep using even though it’s really bad for you.
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前I did notice Altria / Phillip Morris were also in that list. :-(
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前All those cigarette packages wrapped in plastic.
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Cans exist? I haven’t bought a bottle of soda pop in god knows how long. Cans or bust.
minus-squareRBG@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Probably less than a bottle and cans get recycled for aluminium, which probably means the plastic gets burned off. Not saying that’s great but in comparison it is better.
minus-squareBobaFuttbucker@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前Oh absolutely it is. But glass is even better between the two. Any win is a win though :)
You are going to have a much harder time convincing people to give up on their soda addiction than you are finding a way to get the soda addicts to get Coke and Pepsi to switch back to glass.
Perhaps so, alas. And the rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. sigh.
That’s the thing about addiction. You keep using even though it’s really bad for you.
I did notice Altria / Phillip Morris were also in that list. :-(
All those cigarette packages wrapped in plastic.
Cans exist? I haven’t bought a bottle of soda pop in god knows how long. Cans or bust.
Cans have plastic in them
Probably less than a bottle and cans get recycled for aluminium, which probably means the plastic gets burned off.
Not saying that’s great but in comparison it is better.
Oh absolutely it is. But glass is even better between the two.
Any win is a win though :)