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Help me decide... foreign glass or domestic plastic?

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I run a small side business drying culinary herbs and I prefer to put them in USA made glass bottles. But I ran into a problem. I'm almost out, and when I went to re-order... the two places that used to have USA made glass bottles are out of stock, and restocked with the same bottles, but imported. I was able to find plastic bottles made in the USA. My business is proud to support local whenever possible. We also want to encourage reuse and recycling. If I cannot find USA made glass bottles... which do you feel is the lesser of two "evils"? Which would you pick?

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Hi Matt;
I vote for the imported glass bottles over plastic.
Plastic containers are familiar but icky; glass bottles have class and are always safe, but plastic is questionable.
I suggest offering refills to repeat buyers.

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thomas rubino wrote:
I suggest offering refills to repeat buyers.

Those are coming in 2026 :)

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Matt McSpadden wrote:

thomas rubino wrote:
I suggest offering refills to repeat buyers.

Those are coming in 2026

I'll save mine, then!

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