From estimates that I’ve seen, the glass bottle has 5x the carbon footprint of the corresponding plastic bottle. Glass can be recycled but it takes a lot of energy. Most products are not available in anything but single-use packaging.
I’m all for large-scale bans, but the large-scale bans should be designed to have a positive impact, one large enough to justify the cost in some sense. I am concerned that the ban on single-use plastic shopping bags has, perhaps, had a negative impact on the environment.
Is that better? Or is it worse?
From estimates that I’ve seen, the glass bottle has 5x the carbon footprint of the corresponding plastic bottle. Glass can be recycled but it takes a lot of energy. Most products are not available in anything but single-use packaging.
I’m all for large-scale bans, but the large-scale bans should be designed to have a positive impact, one large enough to justify the cost in some sense. I am concerned that the ban on single-use plastic shopping bags has, perhaps, had a negative impact on the environment.