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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by newswriter99 on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @11:06AM (#19729337)
"The answer is to stop making the endless flow of single use plastic"

What's the question? Because I can tell you right now that plunging us back into a world of expensive commodities won't be accepted by most consumers. Not in the developed world, and not in developing nations.

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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by nicpottier on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @11:46AM (#19729725)
It may surprise you that reusable glass bottles are the norm rather than the exception in some developing countries. I lived in Rwanda for a while and every soda and beer bottle is reused glass. (and it is indeed great and no burden at all)

This seemed the norm in East African in general.

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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by dec0dedab0de on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @11:09AM (#19729374)
There are many things that could easily switch to being packaged in paper/cardboard, and reusable glass containers with a deposit fee for quite a few others.
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