Ah so that’s why all caps suddenly suck :/. stubbornly pulls cap off of the bottle
Another symbolic act so that they can pretend they did something for the environment and don’t have to actually tackle the major problems which could cut into profits of big companies.
Also anyone got fucked over by the bottle cap spinning in the way of the pour spilling drink all over the table?
No but I’ve had the “pull the cap away not realising it’s attached and pull the bottle of milk out of my hand, sending it crashing to the floor” thing, that was fun
This right here…
And actually, it wouldn’t surprise me if the extra spillage caused by this change (for me it’s the new attached caps on tetra packs, like on plant milk) is by design, just another way to get us to buy more product more often because 20% of it now ends up on the counter…
At this point you are just incompetent at pouring in a drink
It’s a very easy change to make, yes the impact is small but why not take the easy stuff first? It’s not like the EU isn’t doing hard stuff as well (right to repair laws or gdpr anyone?)
Lmfao, go fuck yourself ableist bootlicker (so even if we ignore disabled people who have different abilities to you, like you already do, there is literally no impact, there is still the exact same amount of plastic being used, the only difference is a once easy to pour from box is no longer easy to pour from, but hey, isn’t it so much easier blaming an individual than it is to acknowledge that you’re getting fucked by companies that don’t give a shit about neither you nor the planet? Clown)
Yeah like the paper straws through a plastic lid. The part that gets chewed and wet with digestive enzymes is some limp paper yet the simple lid can be as plastic as they want.
I don’t even understand what the theory is. Plastic is plastic. What does it matter if it’s attached to the bottle?
If you pull hard enough the cap comes off just like before. Very effective legislation and use of resources.
Thank you for doing your part in understanding why this exists and then doing the exact opposite.
There is a patch of garbage on the pacific the size of a small continent but its still legal to sell single use plastic containers.
How many years do these people think we have?
Not long. That’s why we recycle. Part of that is these stupid hinges.
I don’t like them, but we need them.
Plastic recycling is a scam mate. Most of the plastic things you throw out are gonna get burned or end up somewhere for ever.
They even made the little symbols look like a recycling sign, so you can feel good about yourself at the store.
The evil companies. Ah yes a recycle icon with numbers but you presume it’s fine. Nope. It’s literally just the type of plastic.
:/. Corporates are evil.
Europe has laws that recycling companies have to state how much % per weight ends up wherever. They charge you in Germany a deposit of ~15 cent per single use plastic bottle and you have to return it in mint condition in special recycling machines to get that money back. I’ve heard that Austria wants to make that 25 cent over there in 2025 - that’s 30% of what a bottle of water costs in a German Aldi.
Ah yes, a YouTube video.
Hope you ever find yourself in Western Europe, where we actually do recycle.
Yes, but now the soda bottles in that patch will have their caps attached. So that’s sort of, well, I suppose … you may have a point.
More seriously I’m fully convinced that this cap attachment nonsense is purely to save coca cola et. al. further costs in recycling bottles. Like it’s still a small step forward, but it wouldn’t happen if corpos weren’t saving a dime.
If you can’t outright solve a problem you shouldn’t try to improve the situation >:(
How is this improving the situation. Do people only throw away the caps? I think this is just some stupid law so that they can say they tried. I still think soda cans are just a better solution and make it mandatory that companies recycle their own waste.
I still think soda cans are just a better solution
That actually sounds like a good idea to me, or you could make them similar in design to those water-bottles that have the cap meant to stay with the bottle, shown in:
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Whereas the existing design is similar to the old pull tabs that were on cans which caused ecological damage when people discarded them on the ground.
I wish they’d instead go after the big companies doing the majority of the damage, but I suppose this’s where the cards lay. (For now)
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I think its easily solvable you just make it mandatory that companies recycle their own bottles and they WILL find a way to make it cheao.
Do people only throw away the caps?
Well yes, many throw caps and bottle separately and the people that throw their trash anywhere will certainly not care about the caps.
make it mandatory that companies recycle their own waste.
Lol.
In what country is it mandatory for companies to recycle soda cans ?
What? Don’t be ridiculous. Of course you should still try to improve the situation. That’s like saying trucks that get 7MPG are bad for the environment but don’t bother making trucks that get 20MPG because it still runs on fossil fuels.
