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Corporations are saving the planet!

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    ok but the top one doesn’t just turn into microplastics, it stays a macroplastic for a while and causes a lot of damage in that form

    (and reusing something is always better than throwing it away no matter what)

    ignore this i am silli and thought this was about reusable bottles -_-

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      I think the cap thing is more about littering because in those countries people litter only the cap for some reason?

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        If you don't like the new caps then the company that made that bottle screwed up.

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          I think the cap thing is more about littering because in those countries people litter only the cap for some reason?

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          Not sure if this applied universally, but I remember for years and years the common knowledge was that plastic caps are unrecyclable for some reason, and there used to be separate bins to toss them at recycling centers. That's no longer the case, so keeping the cap connected to the bottle is one way to demonstrate that they should be recycled together.

          (By "recycled" I mean most likely shipped to Southeast Asia to then most likely just find their way into the ocean)

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            I think the cap thing is more about littering because in those countries people litter only the cap for some reason?

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            When cleaning up beaches and the like, those caps are the litter they found the most.

            People lost them or didn't bother to pick them up because they are so small. Unlike with the bottles themselves.

            Since they switched to the new caps, the amount of caps found has decreased significantly.

            So yes, they work. It is all based on data.

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            • S [email protected]

              Not sure if this applied universally, but I remember for years and years the common knowledge was that plastic caps are unrecyclable for some reason, and there used to be separate bins to toss them at recycling centers. That's no longer the case, so keeping the cap connected to the bottle is one way to demonstrate that they should be recycled together.

              (By "recycled" I mean most likely shipped to Southeast Asia to then most likely just find their way into the ocean)

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              I think the kind of plastic used in bottles is one of very few that actually are profitable to recycle. PET, I think. This is actually something recycling companies want. Most other plastic is just burned or shipped somewhere.

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                I love the smell of an amount of microplastics in my brainmatter that is equal to a plastic teaspoon in the morning. Smells like burnt toast.

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                  If you don't like the new caps then the company that made that bottle screwed up.

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                  Exactly - some are perfectly fine. The cheap ones are terrible, crossthread too easily, get up in your face, dribble, or all of the above.

                  Sports style bottles solved the problem long before standard caps got in the game. They get disposed of together here either way, even if the cap gets yanked off for being stupid.

                  I don't understand how they end up separate in disposal in the first place. The whole point is that you can reseal the bottle and move/store it without leaking. If you're not actively using the bottle, it gets resealed to move or store. When you finish the bottle, you probably have the cap still in hand or very close by.

                  Tangentially, I'd love to see a Pfand type system here.

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                    Hahehahahehhahahahahhrha I don’t know what a thing is for

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                    I know it's supposed to help with recycling, the issue is that it fails to address the core of the problem. Instead of actually doing something about plastic waste, they change the bottle design a little, someone probably makes a shitload of money off that, and everyone is happy, but in reality nothing of substance has actually been done. They offer us these pathetic compromises and we are stupid enough to be satisfied with them.

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                      Not sure if this applied universally, but I remember for years and years the common knowledge was that plastic caps are unrecyclable for some reason, and there used to be separate bins to toss them at recycling centers. That's no longer the case, so keeping the cap connected to the bottle is one way to demonstrate that they should be recycled together.

                      (By "recycled" I mean most likely shipped to Southeast Asia to then most likely just find their way into the ocean)

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                      IIRC the reason most caps used to be unrecyclable (many still are) is that they had a liner in them made of a different material. Because such caps were composite materials (using different types of plastic for the liner and the cap), they would make an impure product if recycled. The same problem applies if the cap and bottle are different types of plastic, which used to be more common.

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                        I know it's supposed to help with recycling, the issue is that it fails to address the core of the problem. Instead of actually doing something about plastic waste, they change the bottle design a little, someone probably makes a shitload of money off that, and everyone is happy, but in reality nothing of substance has actually been done. They offer us these pathetic compromises and we are stupid enough to be satisfied with them.

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                        It's supposed to help with littering, not recycling. And I've never once seen a water bottle company advertise an attached lid as some sort of ground breaking benefit for the environment.

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                          Not sure if this applied universally, but I remember for years and years the common knowledge was that plastic caps are unrecyclable for some reason, and there used to be separate bins to toss them at recycling centers. That's no longer the case, so keeping the cap connected to the bottle is one way to demonstrate that they should be recycled together.

                          (By "recycled" I mean most likely shipped to Southeast Asia to then most likely just find their way into the ocean)

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                          This is why I stopped recycling and put everything in the trash.

                          For one I was so sad when I found out what a scam it is that such a small amount of stuff is actually recycled and especially plastic never was actually planned to be recycled.

                          Two, I'd rather most of the plastic end up in our own landfill than to be shipped overseas into someone else's or just end up in the ocean. We deserve to poison our own land thanks to our politicians not holding corporations to account.

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                            I know it's supposed to help with recycling, the issue is that it fails to address the core of the problem. Instead of actually doing something about plastic waste, they change the bottle design a little, someone probably makes a shitload of money off that, and everyone is happy, but in reality nothing of substance has actually been done. They offer us these pathetic compromises and we are stupid enough to be satisfied with them.

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                            No it does very much so solve the problem it was meant to solve: to stop caps from becoming litter!

                            You must have a very funny life if you find things funny you don’t understand

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                              I end up dribbling because the lid gets in my way, but it's fine because I'm helping to offset the pollution caused by a billionaire's private jet.

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                                When cleaning up beaches and the like, those caps are the litter they found the most.

                                People lost them or didn't bother to pick them up because they are so small. Unlike with the bottles themselves.

                                Since they switched to the new caps, the amount of caps found has decreased significantly.

                                So yes, they work. It is all based on data.

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                                Ofc it is, but stupid fucks have to complain about mundane shit

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                                  I just always rip them off.

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                                    Thanks for the safe microplastics!!!

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                                    it said good, not safe. It will still kill you but in a good way

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                                      No it does very much so solve the problem it was meant to solve: to stop caps from becoming litter!

                                      You must have a very funny life if you find things funny you don’t understand

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                                      What do you think happens to bottles after you throw them in the trash? They get shipped off to some landfill where they're buried and forgotten about, that's just littering with extra steps.

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                                        I know it's supposed to help with recycling, the issue is that it fails to address the core of the problem. Instead of actually doing something about plastic waste, they change the bottle design a little, someone probably makes a shitload of money off that, and everyone is happy, but in reality nothing of substance has actually been done. They offer us these pathetic compromises and we are stupid enough to be satisfied with them.

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                                        That's not about companies doing something, it's just a new law

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                                          What do you think happens to bottles after you throw them in the trash? They get shipped off to some landfill where they're buried and forgotten about, that's just littering with extra steps.

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                                          I am starting to think that you are very young, Lemmy is not supposed to be used by underage ppl! Yes yes yes, no one can stop you realistically but please consider why such a rule would be made! Not because Lemmy’s servers just cannot handle all the users…

                                          Litter means rubbish in publics non-designated areas! If you want to use a word not for its conventional meaning, and if you wanted others to understand you for whatever reason, you start off with a definition

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