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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. 2 u/Vik1ng 2h ago The main issue isn't lack of recycling, but waste in the environment. 1 u/tisused 2h ago You are probably right. I used the word waste as in wasted, but what this solves is trash. Doesn't really matter which bin it goes in for this to work.
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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.
2 u/Vik1ng 2h ago The main issue isn't lack of recycling, but waste in the environment. 1 u/tisused 2h ago You are probably right. I used the word waste as in wasted, but what this solves is trash. Doesn't really matter which bin it goes in for this to work.
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The main issue isn't lack of recycling, but waste in the environment.
1 u/tisused 2h ago You are probably right. I used the word waste as in wasted, but what this solves is trash. Doesn't really matter which bin it goes in for this to work.
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You are probably right. I used the word waste as in wasted, but what this solves is trash. Doesn't really matter which bin it goes in for this to work.
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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.