Thursday, March 3, 2022

MORE FROM THE EVERYTHING CROTON MAILBOX

--A reader was looking for an article on reusable cups being as potentially bad as disposable cups---it MIGHT be this one:

FAST COMPANY, AUGUST 2019----Gulp. Your reusable coffee mug may be just as bad for the environment as a disposable

EXCERPT---According to the waste hierarchy, preventing waste should be the first priority. Reusable cups have surged in popularity, and most major coffee shops offer a discount for customers who bring their own (often worth far more than the disposable cup itself). Nevertheless, reusable cups typically make less than 5% of sales. The unavoidable truth is that it simply isn’t convenient for people on the run to remember their cup, carry it around, and wash it out between uses. What’s more, it can take between 20 and 100 uses for a reusable cup to offset its higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to a disposable, due to the greater amount of energy and material required to make a durable product and the hot water needed to wash them. 


AS ALWAYS, READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT https://www.fastcompany.com/90387684/gulp-your-reusable-coffee-mug-may-be-just-as-bad-for-the-environment-as-a-disposable

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---A reader is looking for a few springtime items that can be found in these posts for Croton in the Spring of 1962:

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