Ice? Just Say 'No': Conserving natural resources through habitual management

摘要

Generally, I don't ask for ice in my drinks. In Oregon, drinks are fairly cold to start with, and adding ice doesn't make them any more palatable. Recently, flying back home from a trip, I dozed off when the flight attendant came around to serve drinks. Later on, when I woke, I asked the attendant for orange juice. I forgot to mention "No ice, please," as I was still recovering from my nap. She brought me the juice in a 270 mL (9 oz) cup, 99 percent ice cubes with orange juice in the empty airspaces. I finished the juice in a few sips and handed the cup, still filled with ice, back to the attendant who, I'm sure, threw it in the garbage-thus wasting the ice.