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r/SipsTea • u/DelicateAurora • 8h ago
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How exactly does it “reduce” waste. The bottle is still plastic. The cap is still there. Now there’s a bit more plastic being used per bottle. Yay.
21 u/tisused 6h ago Plastic is not waste here, it's a recyclable resource. The issue has been that bottle caps wouldn't get recycled with the bottles. Now they do. 1 u/YouSnuffTheBlaze 4h ago Yeah except it’s 2 different plastic types that have to be separated before any recycling is done. Performative bullshit. Meanwhile Europe is infested with roaches that need to be exterminated. 0 u/tisused 3h ago We have the ability to separate different plastics, it's based on what we call technology here.
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Plastic is not waste here, it's a recyclable resource. The issue has been that bottle caps wouldn't get recycled with the bottles. Now they do.
1 u/YouSnuffTheBlaze 4h ago Yeah except it’s 2 different plastic types that have to be separated before any recycling is done. Performative bullshit. Meanwhile Europe is infested with roaches that need to be exterminated. 0 u/tisused 3h ago We have the ability to separate different plastics, it's based on what we call technology here.
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Yeah except it’s 2 different plastic types that have to be separated before any recycling is done. Performative bullshit. Meanwhile Europe is infested with roaches that need to be exterminated.
0 u/tisused 3h ago We have the ability to separate different plastics, it's based on what we call technology here.
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We have the ability to separate different plastics, it's based on what we call technology here.
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u/irn-bru-anonymous 6h ago
How exactly does it “reduce” waste. The bottle is still plastic. The cap is still there. Now there’s a bit more plastic being used per bottle. Yay.