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[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How did we get lumbered with that chud of a packaging material.

Glass: rinse me out, use me again. ๐Ÿ’ช

Metal: melt me down, good as new. ๐Ÿ’ช

Plastic: I can't be shredded and turned into road surfaces without my lid...

[โ€“] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Money. It's the consequence of living in a system that prioritizes profit over humanity and environment. Metal is expensive, glass is heavy and doubles shipping costs. So we created a cheap, non-renewable non-recyclable material that we can use once then bury in the ground (or simply create random environmental disasters) for future generations to deal with. Profit today, consequences tomorrow.