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Originally Posted by Baz
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Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truly recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
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Depending on where you live, you can't assume the impact of washing/sanitizing something is less than that of simply re-manufacturing it. It defies "common sense" but sometimes disposable is better.
For the environment - I haven't washed my coffee cup in a month...