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100: Embodied Energy

Thoroughly Considered

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The Problem With Recycling Coffee Cups

The same embodied energy problem still exists and the person who maybe buys three aluminum mugs or whatever thinking they're being sustainable must not work very much. There's a reason that plastic seal is inside of the pieces of paper which is why coffee cups aren't typically recyclable but like I don't know what you do rightYeah here's the way to solve it is if your Starbucks is you work on the R&D in that right yeah and you figure out here's the paper here's the post-consumer plastic cup that can be recycled again.

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