Plastic packaging may have less climate impact than alternatives
www.futurity.org
New research digs into the potential environmental impacts of replacing packaging like bags, films, and containers with alternatives.

New research finds that certain packaging materials can show 70% lower emissions than alternatives.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      Oil mining is a more urgent issue, yes, but polluting the land with exhausted lithium mines is not the way to divest.

      • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
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        3 days ago

        The thing with lithium is, that it can be recycled. Can’t say that about coal (etc). Lithium mining is absolute trash, but I hope that we can improve on this.

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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          3 days ago

          I understand why it’s considered better, I’m merely elucidating the importance of recognizing that it’s a stop gap measure.