The crux of all of these issues is that we want the benefits of containers without the consequences. Well, we're learning that you have to deal with it at some

The crux of all of these issues is that we want the benefits of containers without the consequences. Well, we're learning that you have to deal with it at some point, be it the occasional washing or mountains of trash. People are going to have to just suck it up about reusing things. As long as it's safe, people's feelings about perceived ickiness will go away once the practice is normalized. And eventually we won't even remember how convenient it was to just throw things away.