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cstanleytech

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6. I prefer glass and I never minded that they required a deposit because I knew as long

Reply to radical noodle (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 10, 2018, 12:38 AM

Aug 2018

as I returned them I could get my money back.
Granted the bottles need to be checked for damage and washed but I suspect their long term environmental impact was less than plastic is.

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Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban plastic bags [View all] Equinox Moon Aug 2018 OP

Good for them dbackjon Aug 2018 #1

Their progress should encourage the rest of the world. So much depends upon it. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #2

I wish the US would ban them and single use plastic bottles. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #3

They did and they taste better radical noodle Aug 2018 #5

I prefer glass and I never minded that they required a deposit because I knew as long cstanleytech Aug 2018 #6

I sometimes believe they stopped using glass bottles radical noodle Aug 2018 #7

My bet is they did it because plastic was cheaper at the time not to mention most cstanleytech Aug 2018 #8

Yep. It's about money. Harker Aug 2018 #10

It's all about weight jmowreader Aug 2018 #15

That's right.... paleotn Aug 2018 #9

I'm old enough to remember radical noodle Aug 2018 #4

I was about to mention that! Environmentalists pushed for the plastic bag to start with!! 7962 Aug 2018 #11

This sourced article does not support premise. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #12

That may all be true radical noodle Aug 2018 #14

At the time it was about saving forests radical noodle Aug 2018 #13