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@aperture @ielenia apparently in canada some eco impact assessment has taken place for it

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Life-Cycle-Assessment-of-Polymer-and-Cotton-Paper-Bank-Notes_opt.pdf

seems like it has lower production and end of life climate indicators which seems to imply it’s probably better? idk

@aperture @ielenia cuz i got no answer to that

@aperture @ielenia the question is how intensive plastic bill disposal is going to be vs the more frequent production of paper bills

@aperture @ielenia and currency is usually made from irrigation-heavy crops like cotton

@aperture @ielenia yeah but it goes both ways you know

it also degrades less during use

@aperture @ielenia plastic currency can be made from plants and are designed to be a lot more durable so you need to make less of it in total

the hard part is the disposal of old banknotes i suppose

@aperture @ielenia paper/plastic cash is imo easier to transfer and store since it’s shaped just like paper

but yeah they are a lot less durable (but plastic currency is already a lot better apparently?)

@ielenia @aperture yeah but since it changes hands less often i think it’s also less important to have coins? imo

@aperture @ielenia i almost feel like high denomination precious metal coins are more useful

like the 1oz silver dollar has about 100 bucks worth of silver in it

@ielenia @aperture i thought it’s because it’s more durable and didn’t need to be removed from circulation as often

which given that we are also decreasing the amount of circulating cash i feel like it is becoming less of an issue over time. the highest denomination pays for less and less and europe even removed the highest denomination bill from circulation entirely

@aperture @ielenia idk you showed up on my tl

@aperture @ielenia and i think a redesign of the dollar bill would help more than minting more coins tbh

@ielenia @aperture from what i can tell both the 1oz silver dollar and the much smaller $1 coin that is golden are still actively being minted

@ielenia @aperture …they are actively being made though from what i can tell

@ielenia @aperture tbf we have only been using euro which does have 1 and 2€ coins and we have mostly switched to card payments

@aperture @ielenia plenty were minted and there was a coin distribution program

but given the choice between a heavy $1 coin and just a standard $1 bill people preferred the latter. especially since everything accepted the latter

@ielenia @aperture sure if you don’t give a choice which one to use

but pretty much the only thing $1 coins were ever used for is get cashback on credit card orders

@ielenia @aperture the $1 coin was already tried and was a massive flop

it must feel so good for the girlboy to bite