Yes I am aware that theyāre somehow supposed to reduce plastic waste because the cap canāt get lost ā¦ unless you cut it off, of course.
Yes I am also aware that there are people with disabilities (shaky hands, weak grip, etc.) who are thankful for these and actually like the design. Good for them, and I mean that in a non-sarcastic way.
But personally, I hate these things with all the āfirst world problemsā rage I can muster and go out of my way to rip / cut / twist them off on every single bottle I buy. I donāt like having the bottle cap directly in my face while drinking, or slipping in the way of the flow whenever I just want to pour milk, and on more than one occasion, Iāve actually cut my finger OR lip on these little sh*ts (not the same type as in the picture, but baldy-made longer ābandsā that leave little plastic spikes on the cap and/or band).
No idea whether I should post this in the āunpopular opinionā section instead or if other people think the same, but to me, āmildly infuriatingā describes them perfectly.
I donāt buy bottles any more because of it so I guess itās worked better than expected.
It def needs work
Is this just EU or are others also joining?
I feel like I also encountered these in Japan, but my memory could deceive me.
Japan is the last place Iād expect them. That country is atrocious when it comes to plastic garbage. Everything is wrapped in plastics, quite often multiple times. Even stuff thatās literally not needed to be wrapped. Or things that are just not needed in general, like, peeled fruit, packaged in plastic to stay fresh.
They are mostly there to prevent sea animals from swallowing the cap and dying a slow agonizing deathā¦
Iām pretty sure the solution is to stop throwing plastic into the ocean.
We donāt seem to have these in the US. When I was last travelling overseas it took me a while to realize why the caps had these. I donāt mind them.
