Noemi has finally found and started a new job. This gives us a nice dose of tranquility from many perspectives. A few months ago, when we still weren't sure about her job future, we decided that I would take a week off at the beginning of September. So, I decided to surprise my parents and come directly to our summer house, here in Sardinia, until the 8th.

I found a good deal with Lufthansa, which along with Swiss Air, is one of the few airlines to offer a route from Los Angeles to Olbia with just one stop in another European country.

The journey passed rather quickly, and in the awake moments between naps, I only thought about how much plastic and trash each airplane leaves behind as soon as it takes off.

Starting with these headphones. How many of these are distributed around the world every day? And how many of those are/will be recycled? I imagine the environmental impact of these tiny objects is not insignificant, and as I put them on to listen to the audio of "Dune: Part Two," I wondered if there was a way to avoid distributing more than 300 pairs on each transoceanic flight.

Equip every screen with Bluetooth technology? Fit the seats with standard 3.5mm jacks instead of those odd double inputs? Or perhaps USB-C compatible ports?

I obviously paid attention to everything else too. Especially after the cabin crew announced that Lufthansa adopts a green protocol, suggesting we keep our plastic cups (specifically mentioned) for refills during subsequent trolley rounds.

Yet...

Yet, on both the Los Angeles to Munich and Munich to Olbia legs, two plastic bottles were distributed:

I wondered what could be done to avoid this. More refill stations to fill up the water bottles across the plane since practically everyone owns nowadays? (As many airports already do) Or store water in some other material?

Perhaps it would have been better to avoid green initiative proclaims if this was going to be the result.