{"id":250853,"date":"2024-05-14T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/using-and-recycling-co2-canisters-from-home-soda-machines-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:12:40","slug":"using-and-recycling-co2-canisters-from-home-soda-machines-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/using-and-recycling-co2-canisters-from-home-soda-machines-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Using and Recycling CO2 Canisters from Home Soda Machines: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Readers have asked many times about the sustainability of home soda dispensers. More households are choosing soda machines to reduce plastic bottle use<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Consumer<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Reports found<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0these systems more than pay for themselves in savings after about two years. But are the CO2 gas and canisters sustainable?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As we all know, CO2 is the gas warming the atmosphere \u2014 there is\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">50% more of it<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0than before the Industrial Revolution, which has\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">heated the planet by 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, according to NASA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The CO2 used in these canisters\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is often derived<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from industrial sources, such as the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">by-products of ammonia or natural gas production<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0This\u00a0means that while the CO2\u00a0is not directly released\u00a0into the atmosphere, it is still a by-product of fossil fuel consumption. We borrow the CO2 for the bubbles in our soda, and the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">body expells it by breathing<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u2014 it is not&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earth911.com\/how-to-recycle\/using-and-recycling-co2-canisters-from-home-soda-machines-what-you-need-to-know\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at earth911.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers have asked many times about the sustainability of home soda dispensers. More households are choosing soda machines to reduce plastic bottle use, and\u00a0Consumer\u00a0Reports found\u00a0these systems more than pay for themselves in savings after about two years. But are the CO2 gas and canisters sustainable? 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