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I wonder what's worse, food waste or plastic waste. Food waste: water pollution, pesticides, destruction of biodiversity Plastic waste: fossil fuel consumptio
by rland 8y ago
I wonder what's worse, food waste or plastic waste.
Food waste: water pollution, pesticides, destruction of biodiversity
Plastic waste: fossil fuel consumption, plastic pollution into ecosystems
My first thought is that I'd prefer food waste, because the image of "albatross/sea turtle choking on plastic junk" comes to mind. But then again, farming is pretty destructive and invasive too.
- blattimwind 8y agoMaking food requires huge amounts of energy. Pretty sure food waste is way worse, especially since there actually isn't that much plastic in food packaging per unit of food. For example, some ready-cut cheese, say 100 g, might come in a resealable plastic packaging; but that packaging maybe weighs a couple grams at most.