• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    But… but… Glass is not single use.

    When used for mass-produced beverages it very much is. Hell, plenty of beverages still use disposable glass bottles today, and that’s not even getting into the fact that glass bottles use to be the standard, which is part of the reason why there’s so much nostalgia around them.

    In the same vein, plastic is not inherently single-use. If we’re comparing multi-use plastic and multi-use glass, then the same calculus applies.

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      3 hours ago

      But in the meme it’s the kind of milk bottle you return to the store for $ and they wash and refill it. Not really covered by that study I don’t think

      glass bottles have a more damaging overall effect, largely because they are heavier and require more energy for their production.