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Plastic and glass bottles

Pair of hands holding up a plastic and a glass bottle.

Plastic and glass have properties that make them useful as containers to hold water. Plastic is lightweight and doesn’t break easily. Glass can withstand high temperatures and doesn’t shed microplastics.

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