Coca-Cola most common source of packaging pollution on UK beaches: study
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#2…on UK beaches.
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#3Even with zero packaging, their product is addictive poison. Buffett has spoken proudly of how, normally the human body would not be able to drink that much sugar without getting immediately sick, but the coke formula overcomes that sugar overload response. Disgusting.
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#4Even with zero packaging, their product is addictive poison. Buffett has spoken proudly of how, normally the human body would not be able to drink that much sugar without getting immediately sick, but the coke formula overcomes that sugar overload response. Disgusting.
It's the same as any other soda, squash, juice etc.
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#5Why don't more drinks come in reusable glassware and milk crates?
Are single use cans and cardboard packages cheaper? Safer?
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#6Remember the McDonald's styrofoam crisis of the 1980's?
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/11/nyregion/mcdonald-s-is-ur...
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#7The beverage industry knows they have a festering PR problem. I recently got a random poll from the American Beverage Association. They were primarily interested in understanding how people feel about the industry’s sustainability (or lack thereof). The good news is based on some of the questions they asked it sounds like they’re considering bringing back glass containers.
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#8The survey found that 10 companies were responsible for more than half of the identifiably branded rubbish found on the UK’s beaches."
But are they? Isn't this shifting the blame from the end user that improperly disposes of their trash to the company? Sure, they could do more to reduce packaging issues, but in the end, it is the consumer that is tossing these things out rather than recycling them.
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#9Why don't more drinks come in reusable glassware and milk crates? Are single use cans and cardboard packages cheaper? Safer?
“Convenience”
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#10Even with zero packaging, their product is addictive poison. Buffett has spoken proudly of how, normally the human body would not be able to drink that much sugar without getting immediately sick, but the coke formula overcomes that sugar overload response. Disgusting.
That’s actually something I have been thinking about. How do they get so much sugar into a drink? You could never produce something drinkable with this amount of sugar.