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Default Puzzle of plastic

On 02/03/2019 17:04, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Broadback
wrote:

When I was a young man, a long time ago, bottles were glass and bags
were paper. Why cant the supermarkets revert to those?


Glass is heavier than plastic, but I suppose someone might develop
lighter weight tougher glass.


They already did, the small thin bottles used for continental style beer
in supermarkets being an example.


Morrison's is moving back to paper.