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The caps of glass bottles contaminate beverages with microplastics (www.anses.fr)

submitted 2 weeks ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/collapse@sopuli.xyz

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Microplastics are present in all beverages, but those packaged in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, cartons or cans. This was the surprising finding of a study conducted by the Boulogne-sur-Mer unit of the ANSES Laboratory for Food Safety. The scientists hypothesised that these plastic particles could come from the paint used on bottle caps. Water and wine are less affected than other beverages. These findings have highlighted a source of microplastics in drinks that manufacturers can easily take measures to address.

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[–] solo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the input, I had heard that cork harvesting is considered a sustainable production, but hadn't looked into it at all. If I got this right, it doesn't hurt the oak cork trees at all.

That said, if I imagine a corporation like coca-cola wanted to shift to corks, I suppose the demand for them would rise due to how many beverages they sale and more oak corks would need to be planted. Wouldn't this mean disturbing some existing ecosystems, perhaps clear-cutting some areas of other trees to create new monocultures, just to meet demands?

So in a way I can see how sustainable cork harvesting is in a small scale, but I don't think it would be the same if big corporations are involved. Something like that.