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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by decasteve on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:56PM (#24488808)
Why keep shipping bottles around? Leave them where they are. Ship the liquid in tanker trucks and fill the bottles at the destination.
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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by TylerE on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:02PM (#24488838)
That is what happens.

The scale is just so immense.

Coca Cola, for instance, is produced and bottled in at least 68 separate plants in the US alone.

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