Yeah.. the weird thing is somehow this process is considered odd, or something fit for a "dirty hippie"
1) Grab a jar with a lid.
2) Get the store down the street to measure the weight of the empty jar
3) Fill the jar with roasted coffee beans, note the new weight, and pay for the difference
4) grind the beans and make some coffee in a French press.
Is this so crazy? Of course, the coffee is hopefully shade grown (most isn't) so there's that, but even so. Why is something as simple as "using a glass jar or bottle more than once" so crazy? Why is it if I go to Latin America soda bottles are collected, washed, and reused, but in the US and elsewhere they make a brand new plastic bottle every time, at best downcycling the plastic?
>Why is something as simple as "using a glass jar or bottle more than once" so crazy?
Most people don't realize:
"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"
That is actually the order they are supposed to go in!! First you try to reduce. Then, you try to REUSE what you have. When you can't THEN you recycle. People tend to skip the first two steps or don't realize there is an order to them.
1) Grab a jar with a lid. 2) Get the store down the street to measure the weight of the empty jar 3) Fill the jar with roasted coffee beans, note the new weight, and pay for the difference 4) grind the beans and make some coffee in a French press.
Is this so crazy? Of course, the coffee is hopefully shade grown (most isn't) so there's that, but even so. Why is something as simple as "using a glass jar or bottle more than once" so crazy? Why is it if I go to Latin America soda bottles are collected, washed, and reused, but in the US and elsewhere they make a brand new plastic bottle every time, at best downcycling the plastic?