True to a point, but plastic and the cloud were transitioned to for many things a few years ago because of "saving trees". And then overused to the point of surpassing paper's previous carbon output.
Calling to mind palm oil, adopted as more healthy and sustainable. And then also over-done.
Disposability seems a deeper issue: a retreat to forest products doesn't seem the solution.
The fish-catching clear plastic rings that you throw away, or cut up, are bad, the cardboard packaging coated in paints is bad, but the craft beer heavy duty Paktech rings [1] and Roberts' Craft-Paks [2] seem harbingers of a more reusable + indefinably recyclable future, regardless ultimately of the specific materials involved.
A piece of the wider craft brewery innovation of the '10s in the U.S. [3]
Calling to mind palm oil, adopted as more healthy and sustainable. And then also over-done.
Disposability seems a deeper issue: a retreat to forest products doesn't seem the solution.
The fish-catching clear plastic rings that you throw away, or cut up, are bad, the cardboard packaging coated in paints is bad, but the craft beer heavy duty Paktech rings [1] and Roberts' Craft-Paks [2] seem harbingers of a more reusable + indefinably recyclable future, regardless ultimately of the specific materials involved.
A piece of the wider craft brewery innovation of the '10s in the U.S. [3]
1. https://paktech-opi.com
2. https://shop.robertspolypro.com/collections/craft-pak
3. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/craft-b...