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I remember reading somewhere that some bottled product replaced plastic with glass, which weighs more, which led to an increase in trucks required, which led to
by fareesh 6y ago
I remember reading somewhere that some bottled product replaced plastic with glass, which weighs more, which led to an increase in trucks required, which led to more of a carbon footprint, which is also bad.
- dumpHero2 6y agoI wonder what prevents them from bottling locally? It's cheaper and better for the environment. It feels like industries can always circumvent these one off laws. They should think of a whole framework of laws.
- nickff 6y agoMy understanding is that bottling and container manufacturing are fairly localized. Each large city will usually have a set of bottling plants, to reduce transportation cost. I think it is easy to underestimate how optimized production and distribution are.
- asdff 6y agoBudweiser brews their beer at 12 different regional anchor breweries to optimize distribution. At Ohio State, Natural Light is a local beer.
- Retric 6y agoOrders of magnitude are important. Post consumer recycling involves extra transportation and thus greenhouse emissions. Except the energy savings can more than make up for this.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoThis is why a carbon tax makes a lot of sense. Increase the cost of doing the wrong thing and let the market decide.
- therealdrag0 6y agoAnd a recycling tax. Carbon isn’t the only externality we care about.