r/SipsTea • u/DelicateAurora • 3d ago

Lmao gottem Valid point

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u/VARice22 2d ago

How does it reduce waste, it's still a disposable plastic bottle.

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u/Valoneria 2d ago

Some of the European countries have deposit systems for the bottles, so making sure the bottles are returned with the cap reduces waste

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u/WhiteTrashInNewShoes 2d ago

Hahaha. Surely everyone uses those recepticles, right? /s

What a dumb counterargument

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u/echoingElephant 2d ago

In Germany, the share of bottles and cans that are returned lies around 96%.

That’s 16.3 billion bottles being returned using that system you claim doesn’t work, and 0.7 billion bottles make it to the landfill or are recycled otherwise.

Even outside of that, Germany is much cleaner than cities in the US.