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Flying is one of the most carbon-intensive activities, as is plastic consumption.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But I can reuse a plastic bottle more than 2.5 times. I can't reuse jet fuel more than once.

[–] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Only a tiny amount of plastic bottles are reused or even made to be reusable. There's no way to even make a dent in the horrendous waste of bottled beverages without drastically reducing the amount of single use plastic bottles produced.

[–] nofob 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"The plastics industry" is a lot bigger than just disposable water bottles. Not to say you should use disposable bottles. According to the UN, 36% of plastics were used in packaging (which includes packaging of beverages, ie disposable water bottles).

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Water is a necessity for human survival. Bottled water isn't the best but c'mon