Tethered plastic caps

To all companies

just stop using plastic

Plastic needs to die. There's no point in designing a cap that goes into recycling reliably when we know recycling plastic just gets dumped in third world countries.

I'm so fucking tired.

It's estimated the fishing industry is losing around 400 metric tonnes of fishing gear into Norwegian waters every year.

Now we are punished for this by attaching the stupid caps to the bottles. Why are we not able to fix problems in this society hellbent for self destruction?

Why are every problem pushed down on the working class just wanting to enjoy a soda in this capitalistic hellscape.

Easy solution: only buy drinks in aluminum cans or glass bottles. World is already drowning in microplastic pollution.

I'm convinced those do very little for the environment. There was some really smart executive at the plastic bottle company who made this up so they can charge more from beverage companies.

It does shit for the environment, no one throws caps away separately while recycling the bottle. Most coloured plastics aren't recycled anyways. Like 80% of all microplastic is from car tires.

The idea is solid, the execution is just awful.

If it had just a bit more slack, at least you will be able to close the bottle without having to jerk it. Add even a little more, and you would be able to drink from the bottle without it poking out your eye.

I have never seen one of these. Can you not just like, rip it off?

I had no idea that this is a global phenomenon.

wtf, my muscle memory is impacted?! fuck the environment! /s

Oh, that's intentional? I just assumed it was a manufacturing defect where the perforation doesn't quite detach the cap from the ring.

I just deafen the complaints of tm friends and break the tether every time.

PS: as a lemmy geeky user, every time means like once or twice.

Just twist it the fuck off

In what way are they better for the environment? I'm confused

I wouldn't even call this mildly ... Anything

Now I unscrew the cap with one hand, but I still have to hold the cap so it’s out of the way.

That shouldn't be the case. Companies have done some design work and came up with proper solutions, such as the cap snapping into open position, it'll be completely out of the way provided you turn the bottle the right way. Which actually should work with the one in the picture you posted. Maybe some bottling line somewhere didn't get the memo, or they're using up old stock, or whatnot, those that are simply attached but don't latch are indeed awkward, but that kind of thing should vanish from the market quite quickly especially once tethered caps actually do become mandatory in July.

It's still a change of habit but you get used to latching very quickly.

You can still remove them if you apply enough force.

Op, where are you at? I've never seen these OR the aluminum push tabs you mentioned

How are people having problems with these? They're better in every way, you gotta be dumb as a brick to have any issues with using them.

Drink water and beer.

Always wondered why those aluminum bottles I see sometimes with screw on tops are so rare, I feel like they should be used way more. Recyclability of an aluminum can, convenience and form factor of a bottle.

I saw it for the first time last summer. Did a little reading, and according to the news articles, it was a EU directive, but it had been heavily lobbied for by Coca Cola. If I remember right, all EU countries should have implemented the necessary legislature by June this year.

I personally just tear the caps off. Can't get used to them.

It's shit like this that makes me realise carrying a knife hasn't lost its utility.

Detach one side of the cap by twisting. This allows turning the cap down to the bottle neck. You can then hold the cap out of the way and the bottle with one hand.

I saw these for the first time in Europe last year. I thought the cap was defective the first two time. Then I realized its meant to stay. I do not like it. Glad its not a thing in USA.

Aha! So that's the thing. I'd been wondering why suddenly bottles and juice containers are farking annoying to open. And it's global! I'm happy it's for good reasons but the bit of my brain that gets annoyed by it wishes there was another solution.

I’ve never seen this before. I’m not sure how I’d feel about it.

I get why they’re there. But I don’t like them because you now need to orient the bottle in such a manner you aren’t sticking your nose in the cap. Not such a big deal for small soda bottle tops, but I like kefir and some sport drink tops are huge, and that makes it pretty damn annoying to work around and now you’ve got this cap resting on your cheek sometimes.

Wait this is new? It's been around since I was born (which is not as recently as y'all might think). Maybe it's just the country I live in.