UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's the worst invention of the 21st century?message-squaremessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the worst invention of the 21st century?UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squareGeek_King@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s a small plastic cup full of ground coffee, Kuerig machines use them. They generated a ton of plastic waste, since each k-cup was a single use.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agoAnd so is every Coke bottle with 5 times the plastic. And so is every store-bought coffee. Yet… silence. 🦗🦗🦗 What about bottles? Far more energy requires to melt and pour glass. No one says a word about single use. Never found a K-cup on the beach or trail, but I pack plastic bags to haul trash and sometimes load 2 or 3.
minus-squarepr06lefs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoPlastic bottles weren’t invented in the 21st century
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 months ago Yet… silence. Imagine never reading any news or discussions about environmental impact, but coming in here trying to defend Keurig by doing full whataboutism.
It’s a small plastic cup full of ground coffee, Kuerig machines use them. They generated a ton of plastic waste, since each k-cup was a single use.
And so is every Coke bottle with 5 times the plastic. And so is every store-bought coffee. Yet… silence. 🦗🦗🦗
What about bottles? Far more energy requires to melt and pour glass. No one says a word about single use.
Never found a K-cup on the beach or trail, but I pack plastic bags to haul trash and sometimes load 2 or 3.
Plastic bottles weren’t invented in the 21st century
Imagine never reading any news or discussions about environmental impact, but coming in here trying to defend Keurig by doing full whataboutism.