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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Plastic pipes have great advantages over all those materials: they're cheap, light and sturdy.

If properly disposed they don't pollute much since they last many years and basically do not degrade.

I doubt making a city pipeline out of glass pipes would be viable.

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Mm that’s totally fair. Just hope that the material can be better recycled/decomposed in some way :P