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The break-even point for reusable glass bottles and single-use glass bottles was reached after two cycles (200km from plant to distributor). 

After the third use, reusable glass bottles have a less negative environmental impact than single-use glass, PET, or aluminum cans. 

Looking at carbon emissions, refillable glass bottles—used 25 times and then recycled—create:

• 85% less climate emissions than single-use glass.

• 57% less than aluminum cans.

• 70% less than single-use PET.

• And 93% less energy is consumed by a refillable bottle that can be reused 25 times, as opposed to single-use bottles

In comparing refillable PET to single-use PET, refillable PET bottles can:

• Save up to 40% of the raw materials and, 

• 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions from producing single-use plastic bottles.

Oceana estimates that a 10% increase in the share of beverages sold in refillable bottles could result in a 22% decrease in marine plastic pollution. This would keep 4.5 to 7.6 billion plastic bottles out of the ocean yearly.

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