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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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 1 points 4 hours ago

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