@benjojo hrm

> It is believed that almost half of all UK plastic waste is incinerated for energy recovery, with 25 percent sent to landfills and just 12 percent recycled in UK reprocessing facilities. The remaining waste is shipped abroad.

(https://www.statista.com/topics/4918/plastic-waste-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/)

on the other hand, i wonder why Glasgow City Council *specifically* “only target the collection of plastic bottles
within the blue bin recycling service” if not for reuse

(https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/types_of_plastics_recycled#incoming-1437880)

@unlobito @benjojo I continue to believe the only decent solution is the German one, where if your business is a certain size you're obligated to take the used bottles back

which in my experience means they're all either glass, or really tough plastic that can survive many uses (and often the plastic is scuffed up, indicating it's not its first use!)

@benjojo I switched to buying cans for mostly this reason. Individually they're priced at much worse value tho

@benjojo capitalism at its finest....

@benjojo I have a surprisingly good record of gaslighting myself that the bottle is already made, so for me to not purchase it solves nothing except makes me between one and two pounds poorer.

I also usually choose something like Innocent fruit juice which is heckin' pricy on its own in comparison, to see if I can somehow make the whole meal deal idea unprofitable.