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Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution
(www.theguardian.com)
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When I buy a bottle of Coca-Cola I am not actually paying much for the sugary water. I'm paying for the convenience of having it in a bottle.
In my mind, this convenience fee ought to be enough to pay for the convenience of also discarding said bottle. Otherwise, they really sold me the inconvenience of having to deal with the bottle that they use to distribute the sugary water.
So, get on with it, Coca-Cola, clean up your shit. I already paid you.
This is really close to truth. So many of those products producing trash are useless (bottled water) or even actively harmful (soda, cigarettes). You don't actually need to pay Coca-Cola at all. You just need a reusable bottle and a water fountain or tap.
Coca-Cola and Phillip Morris will not suddenly start being helpful.
In that sense: encourage your municipality, employers, etc. to set up public water fountains and no-smoking zones. (And if you really want sweet drinks, buy syrups.)
I believe this is true, Circle K gas station near me still has soda fountain drinks for 80-110 cents. The cans and bottles start at 2.50 or more.
I'm old enough that it was normal and not a hassle to bring your glass bottles to buy Coke and wherever fizzy drinks. But at one point that option disappeared.
Also it helped that a family dinner would consume like a liter, and we didn't have it everyday.