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Aluminium drawback? Why US still uses so many plastic bottles? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by LovelyA72@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it's limited and finite recycle count

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[–] bestusername@aussie.zone 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

FYI; cans are plastic lined.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

TIL. Do you know when that started?

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Always. We used steel before then because it wouldn't react with the drink. We always knew aluminum cans would be cheaper, but couldn't figure out how to protect the flavor and carbonation until Coors figured out how to line it with plastic. He shared the process for free with his competition because he knew a recycling program would scale really well.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Fwiw, in the 90s, we still used steel cans here in Europe. Everything that came out of these cans had a metallic taste. People got used to it but generally it was considered a second-rate experience.