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Beer is actually not such an issue as most people prefer to drink their beer from glass bottles. Water and soft drinks are another story. Though I would really
by sveme 10y ago
Beer is actually not such an issue as most people prefer to drink their beer from glass bottles. Water and soft drinks are another story. Though I would really like to see an ecological assessment whether the bottle reuse system is more eco-friendly than the single-use system with deposit and recycling.
- mxfh 10y agoSingle use PETs are not that much worse or even better, for larger bottles according to this Swiss study: https://www.newsd.admin.ch/newsd/message/attachments/36446.pdf https://www.newsd.admin.ch/newsd/message/attachments/36446.p... [EN: p25ff]
- subpixel 10y agoI suspect plastic is better in the small number of countries where plastic is recycled and doesn't wind up at sea.