r/SipsTea • u/DelicateAurora • 8h ago

Lmao gottem Valid point

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u/irn-bru-anonymous 6h ago

How exactly does it “reduce” waste. The bottle is still plastic. The cap is still there. Now there’s a bit more plastic being used per bottle. Yay.

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u/tisused 6h ago

Plastic is not waste here, it's a recyclable resource. The issue has been that bottle caps wouldn't get recycled with the bottles. Now they do.

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u/YouSnuffTheBlaze 4h ago

Yeah except it’s 2 different plastic types that have to be separated before any recycling is done. Performative bullshit. Meanwhile Europe is infested with roaches that need to be exterminated.

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u/blteare 3h ago

It also makes it easy to keep track of the lid. Very useful when you're walking around a lot.

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u/YouSnuffTheBlaze 2h ago

Yeah. Because before this lids were just popping off and being lost everywhere

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u/x1rom 2h ago

Yes. Bottle lids were the one of the most common types of plastic found washed up on beach shores. They did in fact get lost everywhere, and the legislation was effective in reducing plastic waste in the environment.