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The alternative that most people will think of first are glass bottles, which are significantly heavier. Transport of bottled liquids is already weight-bound, s
by WJW 11y ago
The alternative that most people will think of first are glass bottles, which are significantly heavier. Transport of bottled liquids is already weight-bound, so if you make the packaging heavier you'd need more trucks to transport the same amount of bottles.
- justifier 11y agoi'm going to ignore the financial costs until a direction has been settled so your point would be an optimisation problem in regard to environmental effect ie. what's less damaging? pacific garbage patch or truck diesel emissions? if i had to dream up a bottling system now my interest would be in resource renewal.. mainly biodegradable substances perhaps a waxed paper? i'm unsure what the weight costs would be on paper versus plastic, and i'd also want to investigate environmental effects of cans
- evan_ 11y agoCoconut water and children's juice seem to be the only drink that comes in a waxed cardboard "tetrapak" container, I wonder if they just can't handle carbonated beverages?