Being Green When Drinking: What Is The Environmentally Superior Container?

  • Date: 05-Oct-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:GCC
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Being Green When Drinking: What Is The Environmentally Superior Container?

 

Kermit the frog was right: it isn't easy being green—or in our case, trying to be. Everyone who is paying attention realizes that we face many environmental problems but it can be difficult to discern what an individual consumer can do to address them.

For example, although we now know that the ubiquity of plastic pollution is harming scores of species—including our own—the usefulness of plastic makes it difficult to replace. For instance, if we want to avoid plastic when we buy packaged water the only alternative in most places is glass. However, glass bottles cost much more to produce and, owing to their greater weight, cost more to transport and increase CO2 emissions. 

In response, some beverage companies have begun selling water in aluminum cans and cardboard containers, which are cost