Cap Attached Plastic Bottles

[Alex]

APPARENTLY the EU has decided that 'plastic caps must remain attached after opening on all single use plastic beverage containers of up to three litres, from July 2024 onwards'

As I take a swig from my water bottle it's a little awkward not to get the attached cap up my nose, or poking my eye out but I guess we'll get used to it.

   

[klondike]

Nail clippers

I wonder how long it will be before they specify the precise size of perforations on bog paper.

[dextrous63]

I was led to believe that although the bottles could be recycled, the caps can't, due to being a different plastic.

[klondike]

Yes I think that's so but I expect they already get lots with caps on already so they'll have a mechanism to seperate them. Probably child slave labour.

[GrannyMac]

I don't like them, they get in the way when pouring. 🤨

[Michael Rolls]

another stupid, pointless 'make work' for bureaucrats

[dextrous63]

Surely these caps require a bit more plastic in their production?

[Silver Tabby]

I never buy anything in pastic bottles anyway, so was not aware of this.

[klondike]

another stupid, pointless 'make work' for bureaucrats

I assume the hope is that it will reduce plastic waste. I doubt it will make any significant difference to that so maybe there is some other reason.

[dextrous63]

Well, they've gotta justify their salaries somehow.

[Michael Rolls]

exactly!

[klondike]

Well, they've gotta justify their salaries somehow.

Sadly it seems that they don't have to.

[dextrous63]

Sadly it seems that they don't have to.

Good point.

[klondike]

Plus of course we get the "benefit" of their BS without paying directly now.

[Diasi]

There are lots of plastic bottles that have the 'cap attached' recycling message.

I image it's a combination of people either putting the caps in landfill or recycling them separately & clogging up the recycling machinery which doesn't cope too well with small parts.

That's why shredded paper can't be put in our cardboard / paper bin.