Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018)
by koheripbal on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:16PM
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That's not correct.
I'd much rather buy a plastic bottle of water than a heavy glass one.
Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018)
by alistairSH on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:32PM
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Water is/should be damn near free in any wealthy nation.
There shouldn’t even be a market for single-use water (not on the scale it exists in the USA anyway).
Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018)
by koheripbal on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:59AM
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Water is essentially free. You are paying for the container.
Making the containers free will just drive up wastage.
Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018)
by alistairSH on Saturday September 19, 2020 @04:57PM
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Not free plastic bottles; free water (at fountains and suchlike).
We should be using reusable bottles and filling them on demand at public fountains, not running into the quickie mart and buying Evian 1/2 liter at a time.
Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018)
by koheripbal on Monday September 28, 2020 @10:51AM
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Go into literally any establishment and ask for free tap water, and most will let you have it - FOR FREE
Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018)
by andersonvom on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:45AM
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Probably not if the product in a plastic bottle is much more expensive than the same thing in a glass bottle, right?
Consumers aren't typically buying plastic packaging. They're buying whatever the plastic packaging contains.
When regular people buy plastic packaging and throw it away, then yes they are culpable (as in plastic bags and wrap for food storage, which I'll admit that I do use on occasion).
The rest of the time, it's not really the consumer's decision.