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Comment Re:Efficient (Score 1) 49

Yeah, I think that's the primary reason businesses switched to plastic. People seem to believe glass bottles could make a comeback, but they are too energy-intensive to remanufacture (glass recycling in many areas is gone), cleaning for reuse adds hygiene problems, add losses due to shipping the relatively fragile glass bottles. You can see why businesses would pick a clean, cheap, lightweight, strong, and disposable container.

Comment Re:C'mon why are we still accepting excuses? (Score 1) 49

They get burned, which is a form of recycling. Paper is made from trees, and burning it releases the carbon back into the air, for future trees. That carbon cycle has been the same for millions of years. What's new is burning plastics, which is also recycling, but the carbon cycle is very, very, very long.

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