sick and tired of food and beverages switching to plastic

[Anonymous]

PPs are missing the larger point: that plastics pollute by degrading into microplastics that perturb hormonal and endocrine functioning, and by ending up in the ocean, killing wildlife.

Glass is inert. It becomes sand over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
PPs are missing the larger point: that plastics pollute by degrading into microplastics that perturb hormonal and endocrine functioning, and by ending up in the ocean, killing wildlife.

Glass is inert. It becomes sand over time.

That's a point I never considered. Even if I buy glass and throw it in the trash, it'll just crush down back to sand over time. Food for thought.

[Anonymous]

Glass also doesn't tend to add any taste, where I find that sometimes there can be a plastic taste, especially if it has gotten hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
PPs are missing the larger point: that plastics pollute by degrading into microplastics that perturb hormonal and endocrine functioning, and by ending up in the ocean, killing wildlife.

Glass is inert. It becomes sand over time.

This. No one should be drinking water out of plastic. The endocrinological changes are serious. They are linking it to all kinds of cancers and decreased fertility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glass costs more to transport.

Which do you care about more - carbon or plastic? Because that's the trade off.

NP here. You realize that for the most part, the heavier glass bottles will be transported with fossil energy? The trade-offs are complicated. In some cases, plastic containers do end up penciling out as lower carbon impact. Lowest carbon impact is simply not buying single-serving items.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
PPs are missing the larger point: that plastics pollute by degrading into microplastics that perturb hormonal and endocrine functioning, and by ending up in the ocean, killing wildlife.

Glass is inert. It becomes sand over time.

This. No one should be drinking water out of plastic. The endocrinological changes are serious. They are linking it to all kinds of cancers and decreased fertility.

And obesity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glass also doesn't tend to add any taste, where I find that sometimes there can be a plastic taste, especially if it has gotten hot.

+1
Plastic makes food taste horrible.

[Anonymous]

Also I can more safely reuse glass — I always buy smuckers peanut butter because I use the jars to store lentil, chickpeas, pasta, etc. There are only so many one can use of course but I haven’t reached it yet. I never feel like I can wash a plastic peanut butter container clean enough to use it as food storage.

[Anonymous]

Heavy glass is worse for climate change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heavy glass is worse for climate change.

Not necessarily.
Plus it breaks down.
Better to not buy many beverages at all. Make your own tea or herbal tisane and then transport it in reusable bottles of you need it in the go. Far more efficient to ship loose leaf tea than all the water weight in a liquid beverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heavy glass is worse for climate change.

Not necessarily.
Plus it breaks down.
Better to not buy many beverages at all. Make your own tea or herbal tisane and then transport it in reusable bottles of you need it in the go. Far more efficient to ship loose leaf tea than all the water weight in a liquid beverage.

Make your own wine! Make your own milk!

[Anonymous]

I agree OP and go out of my way to shop for glass products.

Except for Diet Coke….my major weakness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glass also doesn't tend to add any taste, where I find that sometimes there can be a plastic taste, especially if it has gotten hot.

Exactly, because glass doesn’t leech nasty chemicals into its contents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like plastic either but glass is very difficult to recycle. The best bet is to buy recycled plastic and re-use the glass at home.

I hate buying things in small glass because I know even if I rinse and recycle it’s not going to be, and it’s so much glass and caps compared to the product. Would love just big bins of things like the old general store. If only stuff didn’t go bad or get contaminated.

But very few consumers caring will not convince profit motivated companies with uncaring consumers

Yes, but glass is made of natural raw materials and when it breaks down, it does not release any harmful chemicals into the environment.