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Aluminium drawback? Why US still uses so many plastic bottles? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it's limited and finite recycle count

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 months ago (36 children)

Do you remember when Sun Chips changed their chip bag material to a more environmentally friendly compostable material? People lost their minds. Why? Because the bag crinkled a lot. All of the boring late night talk shows made fun of Sun Chips bags. So, they switched it back to the old bags.

Moral of the story is that people don't care if something is better for the environment if it inconveniences them now. If everything was in cans people would cry because they can't close them or whatever. In fact, many items that were previously sold in cans are now plastic. Also, money... Cheaper to wrap water in plastic.

You can still buy Coca-cola in glass bottles if you look hard enough. But they are pricey.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I got laughed at on other platforms by older generations for even suggesting the notion of mild inconvenience to make future generations lives easier.

They don't want us or them to have a better life, not even if it costs them nothing - but ESPECIALLY not if they have to do literally anything differently.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The "fuck you I got mine" mindset. Sigh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

"fuck you im gonna die before the ramifications for my actions harm anyone"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Has anyone ever said that to you?

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