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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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[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Aluminum is fine if you're going to pour your drink into a glass, but despite the plastic inner sleeve you're still going to taste the metal edge if you sip from the can.

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[โ€“] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] butsbutts@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's somewhat more expensive, and under current rules disposal is basically not the manufacturer's problem, or even the consumer's. Are they more common in (I assume) the UK?

They could use the Euro Bottle or NRW Bottle refill glass bottles, that a lot of European countries ate using. They're being refilled 12 times on average.

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