Not wishful thinking, a deliberate greenwashing scam. Aluminum is actually recycled, and should replace PET for all drinks packaging.

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lupusreal 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

I still like glass, I don't care if it costs more to ship. Given the choice of spaghetti sauce in glass, plastic or metal cans, what do you pick? It's got to be glass. Beer? Cans are okay but I greatly prefer glass. Olives, why are the ones in cans always terrible? I don't know why but the ones in glass jars are the obvious choice.

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dagw 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

Aluminum is actually recycled, and should replace PET for all drinks packaging

To the best of my knowledge, no one has made a resealable aluminium can. Until that is solved aluminium is inferior to PET for many use cases. In fact this is the primary reason I hardly ever buy soda in cans.

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strogonoff 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

Screw-on-cap aluminium bottles and glass bottles both exist.

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dagw 7 months ago | parent [-]

Never seen drinks sold in screw-on-cap aluminium bottles. In what country or what type of drinks use them?

	▲	kalleboo 7 months ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In Japan they are very common for canned coffee, I dunno if it's because plastic bottles are unsuitable for warm drinks or something? (the drinks are kept hot ready to drink in the vending machine/store aisle) https://dol.ismcdn.jp/mwimgs/d/e/-/img_def751445b616015211f3... https://img.kurashinista.jp/get/2023/01/06/c4cc391408c0f5663... https://cafe-no-chishiki.club/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/アルミ...
	▲	strogonoff 7 months ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Seen them in probably every convenience store in South Korea and some other East/South East Asian countries. Coffee, juice. Not sure if they have the inner plastic container aluminium cans have.

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thsyehdy3635 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

Aluminum bottles exist.