And you burn more gas making the extra trips. It's also more damaging to the environment to recycle glass than it is to recycle plastic, and paper cartons contribute to deforestation. Not to mention, durable milk is just awful poor people swill; unworthy for american consumption.
You don't have to use gas to go to the store, you know. Us Europeans have these things called legs, which we sometimes use as a way of transportation. We sometimes even combine them with a tool called a bicycyle, which makes transportation even easier!
The thing about plastic is that it uses oil as a resource. Plastic isn't biodegradable, meaning it won't rot if thrown on a landfill. Sadly, that's what the US does with most of its waste. (
http://css.snre.umich.edu/css_doc/CSS04-15.pdf). Glass bottles aren't much better. However, they are collected, washed and re-used. Which means that the same bottle can serve multiple times without having to be melted. I don't think the plastic containers are handled this way.
Paper cartons are by far the best option. They are biodegradable, CO2-neutral (no deforestation if properly planned) and cheaper to produce. They also keep light away from the milk, which would otherwise destroy it.
Yes, Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands and Deautsch (German) is spoken in Germany. As of now, Im taking German in High School and hope to be somewhat literate after four years.
(Its kinda sad how I have citizenship to Germany and the USA even though I cant speak German well.)
Deutsch is the
German word for the language spoken in Germany. Dutch is the
English word for the language spoken in the Netherlands. The corresponding german word is "Niederländisch". The Dutch people call their language "Nederlands".
About the difference between national socialists and Germans. The national socialists used to be followers of a political party before and during WW2, as explained earlier. It should be mentioned that national socialistsm is banned by law in Germany now. The punishment for being a national socialist / doing national socialist stuff is very hard. You can get up to 3 years in prison just for wearing the national socialist symbol (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_section_86a).
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