Since plastics cant be recycled well, why cant we switch to metal containers, at least for liquids?

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Why should we? We already have a melt-and-reuse-able kind of material: glass.

Plus, most metals oxidize sooner or later and even sooner when in contact with water. Not to mention how expensive our water would be if it came in metal bottles.

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