I've definitely noticed the pet food shortage ever since the crisis started in March 2020. I always buy the same stuff from Chewy, and sometimes they are out-of-stock for weeks at a time. I looked into what was causing the pet food shortage—an aluminum shortage. They don't have the cans to package the pet food.
The beverage aisle over the past few months has ranged from "picked over" to "bare." The liquor store is also picked over. The reason? Bottle shortage.
The center store grocery aisles still have inventory, but no shelf depth. I can still buy everything on my shopping list, although the aisles look consistently picked over.
If there's aluminum and glass shortages for bottles and cans, what the fuck am I recycling for? Shouldn't that be pretty close to a closed system, where you get nearly 1 new bottle/can for every bottle/can you recycle?
I've definitely noticed the pet food shortage ever since the crisis started in March 2020. I always buy the same stuff from Chewy, and sometimes they are out-of-stock for weeks at a time. I looked into what was causing the pet food shortage—an aluminum shortage. They don't have the cans to package the pet food.
The beverage aisle over the past few months has ranged from "picked over" to "bare." The liquor store is also picked over. The reason? Bottle shortage.
The center store grocery aisles still have inventory, but no shelf depth. I can still buy everything on my shopping list, although the aisles look consistently picked over.
If there's aluminum and glass shortages for bottles and cans, what the fuck am I recycling for? Shouldn't that be pretty close to a closed system, where you get nearly 1 new bottle/can for every bottle/can you recycle?