Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it’s limited and finite recycle count

  • nighty
    303·
    6 months ago

    Aren’t aluminum cans still plastic bottles on the inside?

    • BreakDecksEnglish
      390·
      6 months ago

      A standalone plastic bottle is 20-40g of PET.

      The lining of a soda can is about 1g of BPA.

      • scoobford
        73·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, but it is a lining. The entire interior surface is plastic, so is the risk of chemical leeching any different?

        • ShayetaEnglish
          121·
          6 months ago

          Yeah, you don’t get any aluminum leeched into your drink.

          • scoobford
            92·
            6 months ago

            The BPA coating is what I’m referring to. A lot of people are not fond of plastic bottles because they want to avoid BPA leeching jntk their drink. Switching to a can lined with BPA doesn’t seem to help the issue at all.

            • ShayetaEnglish
              70·
              6 months ago

              Honestly, not much that can be done other than voicing concerns to your representatives. Thankfully, here in EU a resolution has been passed earlier this year banning BPA and other bisphenols. Hopefully it gets put into action soon.

              • scoobford
                21·
                6 months ago

                I hope to emigrate to the EU one day. To be blunt, we do not have our shit together over here…

            • Defectus
              20·
              6 months ago

              At least the aluminium shields it from sunlight. Maybe that mean less leeching?

      • intensely_human
        10·
        6 months ago

        Isn’t “BPA-free” a selling point for food-safe plastic because BPA is bad?

        • ZeppoEnglish
          10·
          6 months ago

          Yes, but the problem is they replaced it with BPS which is basically the same, but less tested.

    • derpgon
      130·
      6 months ago

      They have plastic coating, yes, but way less plastic and way easier to just burn it off in the crucible.

      • intensely_human
        15·
        6 months ago

        Oh yeah let me just whip out my interdimensional crucible and burn off the plastic between the liquid and the metal so I can drink my beverage in peace.

    • hydrospanner
      20·
      6 months ago

      That’s like saying cars and trucks are made of paint because they have a layer of it on the outside.

      Can liners are both an extremely small portion of the overall container as well as being absolutely essential for most canned beverages.

      Additionally, many/most manufacturers have or are moving away from liner materials that contain BPA.