Otter@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoSurvey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollutionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down18cross-posted to: green@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.onlineeconomics@lemmy.mlclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1509arrow-down1external-linkSurvey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollutionwww.theguardian.comOtter@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square106fedilinkcross-posted to: green@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.onlineeconomics@lemmy.mlclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down9·7 months agoImagine how much plastic waste could be eliminated if we just boycotted these companies.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·7 months agoYou are going to have a much harder time convincing people to give up on their soda addiction than you are finding a way to get the soda addicts to get Coke and Pepsi to switch back to glass.
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoPerhaps so, alas. And the rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. sigh.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoThat’s the thing about addiction. You keep using even though it’s really bad for you.
minus-squareForestOrca@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI did notice Altria / Phillip Morris were also in that list. :-(
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoAll those cigarette packages wrapped in plastic.
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoCans exist? I haven’t bought a bottle of soda pop in god knows how long. Cans or bust.
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minus-squareRBGlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoProbably less than a bottle and cans get recycled for aluminium, which probably means the plastic gets burned off. Not saying that’s great but in comparison it is better.
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoI haven’t had a drop of either in 20 years and the mess has only grown larger.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoReally? That’s strange. I could have sworn the fault was on individuals and not the companies producing these mountains of shit.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoWell, you see, you complain about society and yet you are part of it.
Imagine how much plastic waste could be eliminated if we just boycotted these companies.
You are going to have a much harder time convincing people to give up on their soda addiction than you are finding a way to get the soda addicts to get Coke and Pepsi to switch back to glass.
Perhaps so, alas. And the rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. sigh.
That’s the thing about addiction. You keep using even though it’s really bad for you.
I did notice Altria / Phillip Morris were also in that list. :-(
All those cigarette packages wrapped in plastic.
Cans exist? I haven’t bought a bottle of soda pop in god knows how long. Cans or bust.
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Probably less than a bottle and cans get recycled for aluminium, which probably means the plastic gets burned off.
Not saying that’s great but in comparison it is better.
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I haven’t had a drop of either in 20 years and the mess has only grown larger.
Really? That’s strange. I could have sworn the fault was on individuals and not the companies producing these mountains of shit.
Well, you see, you complain about society and yet you are part of it.