• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Plastic bottles in general should be illegal. It’s cans, glass bottles, or GTFO when it comes to beverages for me.

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      3 months ago

      FYI cans have a plastic liner to prevent acidic foods from dissolving the aluminium, so there’s still some plastic in it (much less then fully plastic bottles tho)

        • mipadaitu@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          It’s more that it’s heavier, so you have to transport a lot more weight for the same amount of product.

          Secondary to that, glass can’t be shaped as compactly as an aluminum can or plastic bottle, so it takes up more room for the same amount of product.

          There’s no perfect solution, which is why we have a lot of options.

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      3 months ago

      Ah, but without plastic bottles how would we generate additional profits from the excess waste of oil production?

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Glass has the best taste too, because it is almost totally chemically inert, you don’t get the odd flavor changes that you do with aluminum cans or plastic bottles.