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

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My thought is that it’s incredible how enormous the packaged drink market is. Tap water + filter + insulated bottle. Profit.

I understand that not everyone has the luxury of planning ahead but the drink market should be less than half of what it is today. Most people drink bottled drinks because of marketing and subliminal pressures and habits.

There are alternatives to plastic. As stupidly expensive as it is, Liquid Death is water in a can. I’ve also seen water in paper cartons and larger bottles made of glass. Soda is available in cans as well. Teas and juices are available in glass. You may be choosing to drink a particular brand that’s only available in plastic.

You have plenty of choices. You have the choice to drink a particular product out of plastic. You have the choice to not drink that. You may be faced with having to pay a little more or to drink something that’s not your favorite. In an ideal world, more people would spend a little more on their purchases to increase demand for the manufacturing of a product which could bring prices down while decreasing demand and manufacturing of popular packaging.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m an Uber driver and I buy so many bottled drinks. My plan is to just get like two or three liter bottles to keep in the car to hydrate me for the day off tap water from home.

Mostly just to save myself money though. Gotta get a buffer built and I’m just barely making it now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I love that you've recognized an opportunity for improvement and established a reasonable solution.

Carbonated drinks are tough but if you're looking for something other than water, make some iced tea from scratch or from powered form or fruit juice from concentrate - anything you can buy in bulk - to keep in insulated bottles.