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[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Totally. Reduce and reuse all the way - although with plastics, reuse unfortunately often means mechanical and chemical stress, which makes it shed that much more microplastics

Unfortunately, even with glass it's cheaper to just buy new ones. Inspection and cleaning isn't easy, and it takes more energy to work with this less pure glass than it would to just start fresh. Unless we crack something like fusion and power becomes basically free, it's not going to be the economical option

It's exactly the kind of situation where companies need to be forced into it. The savings aren't so extreme that they couldn't do it - but they're never going to take that step voluntarily

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