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Aluminium drawback? Why US still uses so many plastic bottles? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 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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[–] nigh7y@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Aren't aluminum cans still plastic bottles on the inside?

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A standalone plastic bottle is 20-40g of PET.

The lining of a soda can is about 1g of BPA.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it is a lining. The entire interior surface is plastic, so is the risk of chemical leeching any different?

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you don't get any aluminum leeched into your drink.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The BPA coating is what I'm referring to. A lot of people are not fond of plastic bottles because they want to avoid BPA leeching jntk their drink. Switching to a can lined with BPA doesn't seem to help the issue at all.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, not much that can be done other than voicing concerns to your representatives. Thankfully, here in EU a resolution has been passed earlier this year banning BPA and other bisphenols. Hopefully it gets put into action soon.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hope to emigrate to the EU one day. To be blunt, we do not have our shit together over here...

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly, it's not much better here. But better.

[–] Defectus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

At least the aluminium shields it from sunlight. Maybe that mean less leeching?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t β€œBPA-free” a selling point for food-safe plastic because BPA is bad?

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, but the problem is they replaced it with BPS which is basically the same, but less tested.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They have plastic coating, yes, but way less plastic and way easier to just burn it off in the crucible.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Plastic burns easily in all types of fires.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -4 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah let me just whip out my interdimensional crucible and burn off the plastic between the liquid and the metal so I can drink my beverage in peace.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's like saying cars and trucks are made of paint because they have a layer of it on the outside.

Can liners are both an extremely small portion of the overall container as well as being absolutely essential for most canned beverages.

Additionally, many/most manufacturers have or are moving away from liner materials that contain BPA.