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Re:Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into ... by reaperducer on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:28PM (#36538865)
How is soda-lime glass “hard to get”?

I'm just going by what Wikipedia says:

"Since the closure of the soda–lime plant in England in 2007, European Pyrex has been made solely from borosilicate."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex

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Re:Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into ... by adhesive_wombat on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:04PM (#36542255)
There are more glass factories in Europe than the one in Sunderland that Arc themselves closed down in 2007.

Something like 30 million plus of glass was made in the EU27 in 2007 in over 200 facilities, nearly all of it would be soda lime glass (i.e. "normal glass"). https://climate.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2016-11/bm_study-g...

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