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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by koheripbal on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:16PM (#24488223)
That's not correct.

I'd much rather buy a plastic bottle of water than a heavy glass one.

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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by alistairSH on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:32PM (#24488335)
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).

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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by koheripbal on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:59AM (#24517598)
Water is essentially free. You are paying for the container.

Making the containers free will just drive up wastage.

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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by alistairSH on Saturday September 19, 2020 @04:57PM (#24530270)
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.

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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by koheripbal on Monday September 28, 2020 @10:51AM (#24617233)
Go into literally any establishment and ask for free tap water, and most will let you have it - FOR FREE
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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by andersonvom on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:45AM (#24489616)
Probably not if the product in a plastic bottle is much more expensive than the same thing in a glass bottle, right?
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