3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B

Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by mensetmanusman on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:06AM (#34080875)

Glass is heavy and causes transportation tires to generate more micro plastics on the highway and has a higher co2 emission burden.

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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by zip1234 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:12AM (#34081664)

That's a good point. Need to stop subsidizing over the road trucking and build more rail. Much more efficient.

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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by feet on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:42AM (#34082098)

More than steel? We're talking about reusable bottles here, shipped empty. What is the comparison of empty glass or steel to full plastic? What is the difference in mass?

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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by fomine3 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:28PM (#34088210)

Why not aluminum

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Re:3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3B by nebopolis on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:45PM (#34083892)

There exist industrial reaction vessels etc which are made of stainless steel with a bonded liner made of glass. That seems like the ideal "forever" food container material to me - chemically nonreactive and easy to clean, but lightweight and resilient to impact. The glass layer would be lost in recycling, but it shouldn't impede recycling the metal too badly as it'd just be a tiny bit more slag in the crucible.

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