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Washing, and transport. Plastic is the lightest, thinnest packaging material we have. Reducing its use may means trucks carrying less stuff that is heavier.
by bobthepanda 4y ago
Washing, and transport.
Plastic is the lightest, thinnest packaging material we have. Reducing its use may means trucks carrying less stuff that is heavier.
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, according to https://www.roetell.com/glass-vs-plastic-vs-aluminum-containers/ https://www.roetell.com/glass-vs-plastic-vs-aluminum-contain... it can be a 40:1 ratio. Though you could counter-act that with more local bottling plants so that transport is shorter. In other words, don't bottle the soda in George and ship it to New York or whatever, but actually have multiple local bottling/washing plants in New York itself.
- bobthepanda 4y agoUnfortunately, after three decades of de-industrialization and gentrification, there isn't really cheap industrial land on which to site a bottling plants in NYC city limits.