MrWizard wrote:
Soda pop companies and beer bottlers,did that for many years, until alu cans and plastic bottles were introduced
My question who invented these throw away options, the bottlers, or the alu and plastic industries, seeking to grow their markets, somebody convinced the bottlers it was less costly to buy new alu and plastic containers, than washing the glass bottles, every truck going out for delivery, brought back empties to the warehouse
Yes, we and industry can easily change to waste more energy and material. Could we, with more education, or a different value set, make changes the other way?
Of course some other part of the world, not USA, will need to take the lead on this.