We are wrong about plastics (and renewables)

Excellent FT article this weekend in their magazine. Plastic is bad, right?

“societies without sophisticated packaging lose half their food before it reaches consumers. In the UK, waste in our supply chains is about 3 per cent. In India, it is more than 50 per cent. The difference comes later: we throw out 30 per cent of the food we buy - an environmental cost in terms of emissions equivalent to a fifth of the cars on our roads.”

Mmmm not so simple when you look at things now?

Reminds me of clients who only want wind turbines and photovoltaics - being visibly green is more important than being green.

About the FT article - there was a nice graph; not on the linked article :-( that said wine was one of the worst offenders for packaging. Being a drinker i don’t mind lsoing corked bottles but losing glass seems a step too far….

addenda - <better uk link> check out the graph especially.

addenda - <the packaging presentation> from the article.

Tom