I know they’re supposed to be good for the environment but… God I hate those caps.

  • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    Ask yourself these simple questions: where is micro plastic coming from? And what would be a good lever to reduce that? Bottle caps are not the answer for any of that.

    So the result is barely any change in the amount of plastic introduced in the environment, the real big sources (for example the plastic wrapper around the bottles, and around the pallets of bottles) are untouched, but people (like you) become complacent, because we added those cap straps after all!

    Yes, reducing even a bit is helpful, but it’s far from being free, because this exact bullshit makes people ignore the real problem. Your view is far too myopic.

    • 9point6@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      where is micro plastic coming from?

      Literally everywhere

      And what would be a good lever to reduce that?

      Many, many, many individual pieces of legislation

      Bottle caps are not the answer for any of that.

      If you’ve read what I’ve written, you would know I’m not saying that

      So the result is barely any change in the amount of plastic introduced in the environment

      Where it ends up is the most important thing

      but people (like you) become complacent, because we added those cap straps after all!

      Again, read. I, or anyone else reasonable in support of this, are not saying this is the silver bullet. It’s one of the thousands of points of iterative improvement we need to make.

      but it’s far from being free

      In terms of green legislation, this is literally as cheap as it gets

      this exact bullshit makes people ignore the real problem. Your view is far too myopic.

      You have clearly not comprehended my previous comments remotely correctly.