Otter to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoSurvey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollutionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down18cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkSurvey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollutionwww.theguardian.comOtter to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square91fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink2•1 year agoImagine how much plastic waste could be eliminated if we just boycotted these companies.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 year 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-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink4•1 year agoPerhaps so, alas. And the rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. sigh.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThat’s the thing about addiction. You keep using even though it’s really bad for you.
minus-squareForestOrcalinkfedilink3•1 year agoI did notice Altria / Phillip Morris were also in that list. :-(
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoAll those cigarette packages wrapped in plastic.
minus-square@whoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoCans exist? I haven’t bought a bottle of soda pop in god knows how long. Cans or bust.
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoI haven’t had a drop of either in 20 years and the mess has only grown larger.
minus-square@Sanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoReally? That’s strange. I could have sworn the fault was on individuals and not the companies producing these mountains of shit.
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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.
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.