Re:Plastics: What's Recyclable, What Becomes Trash and Why
by jgibson on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:24PM
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I've been thinking about this more and more, and it just makes so much sense. No one cares what shape a beer bottle is, the label is enough to tell them apart. Marketing people will complain if they can't differentiate on packaging, but less of them isn't something to worry about either
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Re:Plastics: What's Recyclable, What Becomes Trash and Why
by flukus on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:58PM
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> Marketing people will complain if they can't differentiate on packaging
Cigarette companies have already fought and lost legal battles forcing them to use standard plain packaging, so complaining is about all they can do.
Re:Plastics: What's Recyclable, What Becomes Trash and Why
by TaylorAlexander on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:56PM
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I’m in total agreement. We give corporations a lot of freedom even when that freedom is unnecessary and leads to significant environmental and societal harm. We’ve got to get some power back for the people so we can say “no, you don’t get any shape. You have to agree to a limited number of shapes and they have to be totally recyclable.”