959
Sort your trash!
(lemmy.ml)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2025
959 points (97.7% liked)
Memes
53850 readers
1062 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you know those little dots on the bottom of glass bottles? they shave one off every time it's recycled. whether it goes back to the original manufacturer or not, idk. but you can occasionally get recycled bottles with your drink.
I suppose in this case, you would call it "reused"?
They are probably cleaned with boiling water and some chemicals before being refilled.
By "recycling", I would normally think of melting and reforming.
i mean if we're splitting hairs, yeah. here reuse is typically talked about as the individual reusing, recycling as industry reusing/processing.
Yeah, that's another way it makes sense.
No way either word is going to match this case with both definitions.