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Broken glass on the street is an aesthetic issue, assuming one has good shoes. In contrast, with gradual plastic accumulation, life on Earth is headed for extin
by OutOfHere 2y ago
Broken glass on the street is an aesthetic issue, assuming one has good shoes. In contrast, with gradual plastic accumulation, life on Earth is headed for extinction.
Also, for poor people, they need the money that they money back when they return a glass bottle, so they have an incentive to not trash it, certainly not on the street.
Glass containers don't require any lining. As for aluminum without a lining, it is okay for certain dry foods only, nothing wet.
- Scramblejams 2y agoNot an aesthetic issue for bikes.
- varjag 2y agoIt was not an aesthetic issue alone. People were getting cut and had their shoe soles destroyed fairly routinely.
- nobodyandproud 2y agoNot a problem. Bottle and can recycling programs in the US were very successful in states that implemented them. In NYC all refundable glass bottles and aluminum cans thrown away by those that couldn’t be bothered: They would be picked up by homeless (etc), providing a market-driven solution. I never understood why it wasn’t expanded to more containers, like cans of beans. The big problem then was that state-level only made recycling inconsistent. The big problem today is that plastic bottles took over because of their lightweight; meaning only a government policy could discourage plastic food containers.
- triceratops 2y ago> Broken glass on the street is an aesthetic issue Unless you're walking a dog. Or wearing sandals or flip-flops in the summer. Or are a 2-year old prone to tripping and falling. Or...