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>they can just use glass Does anyone even recycle glass anymore? I know it used to be a thing but I think fresh plastic bottles probably cost less than even th
by wakawaka28 2y ago
>they can just use glass
Does anyone even recycle glass anymore? I know it used to be a thing but I think fresh plastic bottles probably cost less than even the collection and sorting costs for glass. I haven't seen any recycler ask for glass in ages.
>Companies need to stop externalizing their costs into environmental problems and telling people it's their problem for buying it.
They are just giving people what they want at a price they can pay. If you really want to minimize waste, the way to go is probably for people to make their own soda at home using flavor extracts. It's easy and probably less polluting to do this than anything else. But when you're not at home, you have to have drinks ready-made.
- charrondev 2y agoMy local transfer station has a large glass deposit the same size as its plastic one. In Quebec you bring your glass bottles back for their deposit and at least for the beer bottles they are cleaned and reused many times.
- wakawaka28 2y agoI'm going to have to do more research. I can just say, I haven't seen glass welcome in recycle bins in a long time. It makes me wonder what changed, which types of recycling are subsidized, etc. Many bottles in the US still say they are subject to a deposit of like 5 cents, but only in certain states. I've never lived anywhere that had an active bottle return program for glass.
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