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

submitted 6 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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[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

https://youtu.be/HRWelTDdHJM

Certainly loud, but I think the way forward should have been engineering a quieter version instead of going back to plastic. And in the meantime use idk... a bowl?

Edit: use a bowl, meaning put the crisps in the bowl when you open them if the noise bothers you

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Bowls of chips don’t ship well or work well with shopping

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Paper tubes like Pringles, maybe.