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this is an important topic, but I think that we should approach the issue from a different direction. We need to take a wider view of the solid waste stream regarding bottles. Let's reduce the number of non carbonated bottles by requiring producers provide water, sport drinks, etc in gallon (recyclable) bottles, and have users consume in their own reusable container. This is a growing trend for water use now, as it eliminates front end energy and resource use by not producing the individual bottles and eliminates the down stream 'redemption' flow as well.

I no longer buy water, sports drinks in individual bottles due to my concern over the tons of solid flow produced.

Glenn Vargas

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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