Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "" video.
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@victorpradha9946 Holy damn not that this is news to anyone, but America is f*cked up hard.
Your milk is in plastic bottles!?!? DAFUQ!?!?!??!? We're still using resyclable cartons here in Norway, and I seriously doubt that'll ever change unless we find something even better. We barely buy bottled water here, it's at least no regular thing. Tap water is perfectly safe, clean and even more tasty than store bought water. We do sell plastic bottles with water (which are recyleable; we have a "pant"-system, meaning they add on 2kr-3kr on each bottle, money we get back if we recycle them in "pant"-machines which every grocery store have. Most people here are really good at doing this!), but we usually only buy those if we're outside during summer and such and get thirsty. All our store bought water bottles are in the same row as soda's etc., it's surely just a small row, not their own entire hugely stacked row.
Amazon isn't really that much of a thing here either, nor are similar companies. We usually don't order home as much as you do, especially not groceries, damn pens and other stupid stuff. We go to the grocery store. Several of our grocery stores are trying to wean off the use of plastic bags by either encouraging the use of fabric bags which you can use for years,most stores sell them as well. Many stores are also trying to switch from plastic bags to paper bags, which has been happening for many years already. They used to be more expensive before, so not many people would buy those instead. Oh, and also; our plastic bags costs 1kr, they're not free; again encouraging people to opt for more nature friendly options. Now, paper bags have gotten cheaper or even free, while plastic bags still costs money. If anything, the price of each plastic bag we get at the store are more likely to only increase in price. We're also getting more and more companies focused on the earth's well being on to the market, for cheaper and cheaper prices. Some of these nature-focused companies are even managing to produce and sell at lower costs than those who are bad for the enviroment. So I'd say we're doing quite good. There's even more good stuff we're doing, but this comment is already too long, haha.
Now, we're a very small country compared to the rest of the world. What we people here in Norway do does certainly matter, but not anywhere nearly as much as it would matter like if the US, Russia, China, Australia and India would follow (just to mention some huge countries). It's really good that small countries like Norway are trying to move towards being more enviromentally-friendly, but it's not enough. We DESPERATELY need the US and such to do a lot more.
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@eier5472 Cool! I suspect Germany is fairly comparable to Norway when it comes to this, we're fairly similar in many ways, so 😅 I've NEVER seen milk sold in glass bottles over here, tho. I'm sure I'd buy those instead if that was an option. The only drinks you can get on bottles here (sometimes, they're not everywhere) are cola and pepsi bottles. I rarely drink soda, but I like those when they're available the few times I want something fizzy. It tastes better also! Most likely due to the lack of plastic, like you said with milk.
I also believe we only have max 1.5 liters when it comes to both milk and such. We just don't supersize everything 😂 I mean, I've only seen water bottles meant for camping trips and such, I belive they're around a gallon or something, but that's it 😅
And oh damn, that's good for you! Although I'm very much a recycler and try to be as enviromentally friendly as possible, I'm not one to refill and use the same bottle for years. I do try to refill and such and extend what I can as much as possible, just not to such an extreme (15 years on the same bottle.. damn, that's what I call commitment!)
I always strive to be as enviromentally friendly as possible at least. I'm not perfect and can admit to getting a bit lazy at times, but I generally try more than most to be mindful. I'm a former scout and I love nature, so I really try my best with everything. If everyone at least tried to become more mindful, we'd come a really long way. Individuals can do a lot, but the biggest responsibility should surely lay on actual producers. They're the absolute worst.
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