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[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I gotta say, one of the very few things we do better in the USA is having Tetra Pak milk cartons that you pry open yourself, amd they make a narrow spout instead of having to pour through a solid plastic gasket.

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What's more Eco friendly, that or the world-famous Canadian milk bags?

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

Despite the claims that "Boxed &lb; Water &lb; Is &lb; Better^TM^", there hasn't been a popularized apparatus to reduce the end-of-life impact of Tetra Paks by burning off the cellulose fiber, melting/pyrolyzing the polymer layers, and reclaiming the aluminum foil.

But it's still hard to say whether the embodied energy ratio per liter of product is any better, especially because I don't have a source on whether the thin films more quickly break down into microplastics.