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Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 week agoAfaik the ideal is glass bottles that get cleaned and refilled locally. That gets rid of a lot of plastic waste
Comment on "We're all in this together"
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 week agoAfaik the ideal is glass bottles that get cleaned and refilled locally. That gets rid of a lot of plastic waste
neuroneiro@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That could be a solution for plastic bottles but what about other things like, say, a bucket or parts of an umbrella?
Plastic is so much cheaper. Switching to alternatives might destroy economies since so many can barely afford it as it is.
I like the idea of reuse but it seems unlikely that alternate materials would become the norm. Also, aside from growlers, filling bottles is not something I’ve seen in California.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 week ago
The bottle thing is quite established in Germany. We just need to expand it to more stuff like milk and juice.
I know plastic can’t be fully replaced. But buckets were made of galvanized sheet metal before, it works just fine. The grip of an umbrella can be cork instead of rubber etc