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Interestingly I remember seeing signs at Booster Juice company that talked about why they chose to keep using styrofoam cups for environmental reasons. Because
by fouc 8y ago
Interestingly I remember seeing signs at Booster Juice company that talked about why they chose to keep using styrofoam cups for environmental reasons. Because the carbon footprint of producing non-styrofoam cups was apparently much higher.
- prennert 8y agoThat seems like they are optimising for a too narrow cost function. Carbon emissions are only part of the environment impact.
- maccard 8y agoThan single use paper cups yes, the energy required is much higher. Unfortunately they're not comparing against reusable cups. A reusable glasscup breaks even in terms of energy vs a styrofoam at ~50 re uses. That doesn't price in the lifetime cost of disposing of the styrofoam, and glass is pretty much inert. [0] https://terngoods.com/blogs/learn/cups-single-use-disposable-vs-reusable-an-honest-comparison https://terngoods.com/blogs/learn/cups-single-use-disposable...