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Coca-Cola Must Face Greenwashing Lawsuit in D.C. (www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org)
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D.C. appeals court holds that environmental nonprofit can challenge beverage giant’s sustainability claims.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We have plastic bottles because CocaCola did not want to collect and reuse the glass ones.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And because the eminently recyclable aluminum cans are somehow not good enough.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The aluminum ones have a plastic liner, and aluminum is cheap to make - recycling is incomparable to reuse, and a world away from reduce

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yikes, I had no idea. Please tell me there's nothing wrong with glass bottles.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

It depends on the bottle, but they're also more work to recycle than make new ones. Even with us running low on usable sand - there's companies turning glass back into sand at this point

The upside is you can sterilize and reuse them, and if you make them a little thicker they're pretty strong