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Are compostable coffee cups any better for the environment? (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It would be no surprise for lemmings that the best for the environment would be to reduce consumption, then reuse what you already bought, then recycle (including composting and whatever) what lost usefulness. In this order. Regardless of methane, compostable cups are not the solution - the solution is to not use disposable cups on first place, unless you have a pretty good reason to do it.