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Breastfeeding:
benefits for the environment
- Formula manufacturing is environmentally (as well as
economically) costly:
- the main ingredient in most formula is cow's milk, and cow
excretion and flatulence are responsible for 1/3 of the world's
methane emissions.
- Formula packaging consumes several million tons of tin,
glass, and paper every year.
- Formula transportation contributes to pollution too.
- Formula feeding equipment (bottles, teats, etc.) is mostly
plastic and not very durable. Manufacturing and disposal of
such equipment is environmentally costly.
- Sterilizing feeding equipment and heating formula consumes
energy.
- Breastmilk is environmentally perfect:
- no pollution is created in its making.
- No delivery costs--it's available right at the source.
- No cleaning and sterilization problem--it's always
clean.
- No heating--it's always at the right temperature.
- No packaging--it's taken right from the source.
- No equipment to manufacture and dispose of.
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