[gs17]

But is that so bad? Assuming it works about as well, it's likely more resource efficient to make in general, too.

[asadotzler]

But you don't know that. All the previous equipment obsoloeted and tosssed somewhere. All the previous workers retrained or fired. It could be far worse. Trusting plastic makers to tell you the truth about plastic recycling is like trusting WWE to tell you the truth about sport.

[gs17]

And you're assuming they weren't redesigning it anyways.