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		avar on Aug 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trash piles up in US as China closes door to recyc... Perhaps one reason is that those bottles, while completely functional, tend to look pretty rough and worn out after a while, it's obvious that they've been recycled and aren't new. Is that something a company wants to take a risk on when it comes to the psychology of consumer choice?

baq on Aug 3, 2018 | [–]

Market the used ones as more valuable than new.

dv_dt on Aug 3, 2018 | [–]

You can always take those too worn bottles and recycle that subset into shiny new bottles..

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