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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by Siecje on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:45PM (#16796843)
Plastic is created with a by-product of diesel/gasoline, so since it is going to be created anyways it is not very wasteful.
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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by rekado on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @03:27AM (#16799685)
Monomers like ethylene are a by-product of splitting oil; you still need polymerization and processing of the polymers (e.g. extruding, moulding, etc).

It's non-sequitur to say that the process is not wasteful because part of the initial work is done to obtain gasoline. Oil itself is a limited resource.

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