this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2025
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Yeah, we would reuse it (as the order implies in reduce, reuse, recycle). Recycling glass takes wayyyyyyy more energy than cleaning it. But the glass makers benefit more from access to cheap broken glass, so we get them lobbying so that glass recycling drop-off/containers almost force you to shatter every bottle you put into them...
Damn, talk about broken window economics
Dropping at the grocery store bottle return and you can hear the glasses being shattered shortly after scanning.
I hate it