On single use vs reusable in a medical and pharmaceutical setting you have to consider the energy/carbon cost of autoclaving or steam sterilising. It isn't cheap.
This is what I used to do for a job.
Steam would be seriously impractical too, what about x-rays or microwaves?
Gamma rays are more fun
If you're going to have three bits of the EM spectrum in a post, I have to mention this song.
It's like Tom Lehrer's Elements Song, only much worse:
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And we'll all go together when we go .... "Every Hottentot and Every Eskimo".
Or is there an Acceptable version?