[kalleboo]

Where I grew up the reason stated when they replaced glass with plastic was that the weight of the glass alone caused more pollution from transport than the plastic bottles that replaced them

[leadingthenet]

It's not just about emissions, though. Single-use plastics literally just accumulate in landfills until the end of time, while glass is highly recyclable (and one of the few economically viable ones).

[bombcar]

Arguably putting plastic back in landfills is just returning oil back to earth, but it’s not a pretty site.

[ssl-3]

Glass is infinitely recyclable, but is seldom actually-recycled since making new glass is often the least expensive route.

[kalleboo]

I've never lived anywhere that landfills garbage so I don't know about that.

[Solvency]

Ah, you throw yours right into the river then.

[kalleboo]

Incineration which generates power and/or district heating

Homes that don't have electric or district heating are often heated with oil anyway, might as well have some utility to that oil before it's burned?