I know they’re supposed to be good for the environment. But… Holy smokes they drive me up the wall. They really do!

I had no trouble adapting when aluminum can pull-tabs got replaced by push-tabs, because it was pretty much the same movement, and I could see the immediate advantage of not getting cut by a pull-tab.

But the tethered cap is fighting decades of muscle memory in me: I’m used to taking the cap off with one hand and keeping it there while taking a swig with the other. Now I unscrew the cap with one hand, but I still have to hold the cap so it’s out of the way. It feels like drinking in handcuffs each and every time…

So unlike the pull-tab, the tethered plastic bottle cap is one of those compulsory eco solutions that constantly make you feel ever-so-slightly more miserable all the time, and I hate that because ecology only works when it brings something of value both to people and to the environment.

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    Aluminium cans have a thin plastic liner inside them that’s almost impossible to recycle. I’m not sure if you’re fixing much by switching to cans, here…

    Glass is better, but any carbonated drink turns into a bomb if you put more than half a liter or so in a closed glass container.

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        I had only learned of the liner this year, and have been wondering about this ever since, but always forgot what I wanted to look up every time I got to the search bar. You have rescued me from repeating this for the remainder of the year, and have my thanks. All of the thanks.

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      Cans are great from an energy-consumption point of view when viewing the entire lifecycle of a can.

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      Aluminium cans have a thin plastic liner inside them that’s almost impossible to recycle

      Confidently incorrect as a motherfucker.

      You’re saying without hesitation that one of the most recycled and recyclable materials ever created is flat out not recyclable. What the fuck?

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            It makes it Hard to recycle… Because splitting aluminium from Plastik isnt easy

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              Yes, it is actually. You melt the aluminum and skim off any remaining plastic and contaminants from the top of the molten aluminum. It’s a standard, millenniums old process for any metal working.