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Environment & Energy

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8. Everything that used to come in glass bottles comes in plastic these days.

Wed Jun 19, 2024, 09:58 AM

Jun 2024

Though the weight of glass bottles means higher transportation costs for those goods, more fuel usage... you can't win!

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The stumbling block with recycling: Aussie105 Jun 2024 #2

That is the bottom line: use less plastic to begin with. marble falls Jun 2024 #4

Everything that used to come in glass bottles comes in plastic these days. thesquanderer Jun 2024 #8

They do make construction material just not structural. Woodwizard Jun 2024 #9

GE Unit Unveils House Built in Material of the Future--Plastic bucolic_frolic Jun 2024 #10

I remember toting a wagon with a friend or two - werdna Jun 2024 #7