The new bottles with attached caps are a good thing according to the Indy – hence not good at all as like all far left rags, it is a form of compass. Whatever they like is the opposite of good.
The purpose was not to collectively infuriate thirsty Europeans, but to tackle a serious problem: plastic waste. It’s estimated that we produce around 400 million tonnes of the stuff worldwide every single year. Plastics break down into small particles but never fully disappear. These microplastics can harm the environment, polluting oceans and soil, and can enter the human body (they’ve been linked to health problems such as endocrine disruption and even cancer, and have also been found in placentas).
I’m aware that plastics may be a problem, but effective disposal is a more appropriate response here. I first noticed this annoying tethering going on a couple of years back. That said, a good hard twist and pull breaks the tether and you can go back to normal. I do it every time. I certainly don’t try to struggle drinking with the top attached.
Microplastics? That refers to the tiny granules used in things like cosmetics. These new caps are a pain – literally in some cases. How long will we have to wait for some opportunist to claim that they were wickedly slashed by the jaggy edges, lost a fortune in wages, suffered unbelievable pain and would like to be amply compensated?
Hasn’t it already been established that most of the microplastics in the ocean come from discarded fishing equipment, not bottle caps?
Don’t expect logic or common sense. One single turtle with a plastic straw up its nose triggered an absurd reaction against straws. I wonder if those reactionaries are aware that before we had plastic we used to make stuff out of turtle shells?
A retired lady in the next village collects to caps; sorts them into the various colours; and sells them to a plastics company who repellets them and sells them on to plastic moulders. The money that she raises is donated to an animal shelter. She has seen a reduction in caps since the attached caps were introduced.
Unintended consequencies.
I cut the ties off and throw them away; so more plastic thrown away than before.
Sorry John but she is wasting her time. All that effort for something that is worth nothing. True for most recycling apart from metals. If she does get money it’s really a donation.
Funny, but I’ve never seen a single bottle top on the beach when I’ve been on holiday in Greece. Where are they all coming from, to get into the sea?
In some parts of the world, millions of plastic bottles washing up on the beaches is a major problem. How making sure that the caps are tethered to them will help is a bit of a mystery. The obvious solution is to find out where these bottles are coming from and then get on the case of those responsible, hint, it is unlikely to be a civilised first world country. But instead of doing something to actually solve the problem, why not exacerbate it and then use it to guilt trip westerners and forward your idiotic green agenda?