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What annoys me about this is that due to recyclability they are going to replace the borosilicate glass formula with one made off soda-lime glass. Soda-lime gl
by tristor 2y ago
What annoys me about this is that due to recyclability they are going to replace the borosilicate glass formula with one made off soda-lime glass. Soda-lime glass is significantly less durable in heat/cool cycles, and part of the point of high-durability glass is it's reusability! Germany, like many parts of the world, in the name of being green has gone all-in on recycling but fail to remember the green trifecta and it's priority ordering: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. That is, recycling is a /last resort/.
If they continued with the prior borosilicate based formula these could be high-temperature sanitized and reused when making bottles and it works better for the hot/cold cycles typical of high temperature sanitization and cool wash-downs used in commercial bar settings.
The same thing happened to the Pyrex brand. It used to be the gold standard for glass bakeware because it was made from borosilicate glass which made it much more drop resistant /and/ better for heat/cool cycles. Now Pyrex branded products have gone to being made predominantly of soda-lime based formulas and newer Pyrex dishes are known for being prone to exploding when you move a casserole prepped the night before from the fridge/freezer to the oven.
I really wish we still had seriously durable high-quality products available and we weren't regressing to lowest common denominator across our society. Soda-lime glass is not a buy-it-for-life product, regardless of what you do to the formula.