• ulterno@programming.dev
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    8 hours ago

    they shave one off every time it’s recycled

    I suppose in this case, you would call it “reused”?
    They are probably cleaned with boiling water and some chemicals before being refilled.

    By “recycling”, I would normally think of melting and reforming.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      i mean if we’re splitting hairs, yeah. here reuse is typically talked about as the individual reusing, recycling as industry reusing/processing.

      • ulterno@programming.dev
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        4 hours ago

        Yeah, that’s another way it makes sense.
        No way either word is going to match this case with both definitions.