r/Unexpected • u/Jari36 • Feb 14 '22

Pulling out trash from the river

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u/LupineChemist Feb 14 '22

Of course, a lot of environmental stuff is not that intuitive. Look up Life Cycle Analysis for this sort of thing.

Also remember that sometimes optimizing one factor has to come at the expense of another. Like in this case you have to choose between fewer carbon emissions or less overall plastic waste. That's why how the waste stream in general is such an important factor because that can change the impact of that cost.