Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it’s limited and finite recycle count

  • BreakDecks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    39·
    1 year ago

    A standalone plastic bottle is 20-40g of PET.

    The lining of a soda can is about 1g of BPA.

    • scoobford@lemmy.zip
      73·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, but it is a lining. The entire interior surface is plastic, so is the risk of chemical leeching any different?

      • Shayeta@feddit.deEnglish
        121·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, you don’t get any aluminum leeched into your drink.

        • scoobford@lemmy.zip
          92·
          1 year ago

          The BPA coating is what I’m referring to. A lot of people are not fond of plastic bottles because they want to avoid BPA leeching jntk their drink. Switching to a can lined with BPA doesn’t seem to help the issue at all.

          • Shayeta@feddit.deEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            Honestly, not much that can be done other than voicing concerns to your representatives. Thankfully, here in EU a resolution has been passed earlier this year banning BPA and other bisphenols. Hopefully it gets put into action soon.

            • scoobford@lemmy.zip
              21·
              1 year ago

              I hope to emigrate to the EU one day. To be blunt, we do not have our shit together over here…

          • Defectus@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            At least the aluminium shields it from sunlight. Maybe that mean less leeching?

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Isn’t “BPA-free” a selling point for food-safe plastic because BPA is bad?

      • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes, but the problem is they replaced it with BPS which is basically the same, but less tested.