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Reduce Reuse Replace Capitalism
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this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2025
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Yeah, we would reuse it (as the order implies in reduce, reuse, recycle). Recycling glass takes wayyyyyyy more energy than cleaning it. But the glass makers benefit more from access to cheap broken glass, so we get them lobbying so that glass recycling drop-off/containers almost force you to shatter every bottle you put into them...
Dropping at the grocery store bottle return and you can hear the glasses being shattered shortly after scanning.
I hate it
Damn, talk about broken window economics
Yeah put think about all the rain forest you saved by using plastic bags!
I know you're joking, but as far as aluminum is concerned, this is true. Which is why paper and glass are crucial.
Yes it was sarcastic. Plastic bags were pushed to "save the rain forest". But we never had the problem to begin with. We have since switched to mostly tree plantations for are wood/paper production.
Everything is a compromise. We could bring back paper in a larger scale, but then more land would have to be dedicated to working forests which are sustainable but aren't ecologically friendly. We could bring back glass in a larger scale, but that would make shipments much heavier thus increasing the emissions required to ship it.
Just an FYI, shipping means "the process of transporting packages and mail from one location to another" not literally transporting goods internationally on a ship.