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

submitted 6 months ago by LovelyA72@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's not entirely true. In the early days they used wax to line the cans because steel still leaves a taste in the drink. It just didn't work very well and also caused carbonation issues as the CO2 diffused into the wax.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 months ago

Wow, multiple TIL on this thread.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

Hmm. I wonder if this is true for all the various other acidic canned products. I use cans heavily in my cooking, so this is worrisome. Would the old Shackleton cans be wax-lined?

Glass is an option, or course, which is used in home canning.