Reduce, reuse and recycle solutions are within our reach. Re: “Upstream solutions to downstream problems,” July 30 commentary. In the 1960s, beverage containers were glass, aluminum, or cardboard.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” They presented the categories—plastic, metal, glass, foil—above the image that Meyerowitz had delivered: a lidded metal garbage can, cinched at the waist with a ...