Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
by city41 on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:30PM
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Small dairies in the US do this. Our milk comes in glass bottles and we return them for reuse. I've always hoped this would catch on more.
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Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
by rjbwork on Friday August 03, 2018 @05:30PM
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Ditto. I buy milk from Homestead Creamery. Besides being the best milk I can find in Atlanta, they clean and reuse the bottles. You pay a $2 deposit, which you get back when you bring the bottles back to the store. Presumably they then ship them back to the creamery when they get the shipments of milk in.
Re:Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recycling
by ams6110 on Saturday August 04, 2018 @10:56PM
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It used to be very common. But paperboard or plastic containers are much lighter and save on transportation costs. They also don't have to be returned, cleaned, and sanitized before re-use.