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Airlines Vs. Plastics: Water Bottles Produce 2.5X More Greenhouse Gases Than Flying (simpleflying.com)

submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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Flying is one of the most carbon-intensive activities, as is plastic consumption.

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[–] nofob@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"The plastics industry" is a lot bigger than just disposable water bottles. Not to say you should use disposable bottles. According to the UN, 36% of plastics were used in packaging (which includes packaging of beverages, ie disposable water bottles).