Plastic bottle tops

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We have a recent new rule here in France that all plastic bottle tops must be attached to the bottle and cannot be removed without cutting the securing device. I hope the rest of the world now acknowledges this earth shattering invention that will solve the world's plastic waste contamination as their milk now spills all over the table instead of landing on their cornflakes.
 
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DandJ said:
:LOL:

All the stuff in the world to moan about....and it's little plastic caps on bottles. Priceless
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What about wearing one of those little rubber things on your d...? :rofl:

 
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:ROFLMAO:Or Coke

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Brains said:
Scissors!
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that's what I use
Sue26 said:
Beats me why they have also started to secure the plastic caps that are attached to paper (juice etc) cartons too. Paper and plastic are recycled separately where I live.
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the whole lot goes in the same container here. cans, plastic bottles with lids, tetra packs with lids pringle containers all the same
 
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Vanman said:
Why not just ban plastic bottles? I know, we could make them from glass, have deposits on them and re-use them just by washing them. Radical or what?
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Why not just ban selling bottled water at all but make in mandatory to have refilling places for people taking their own bottles.
 
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The Wino said:
Why not just ban selling bottled water at all but make in mandatory to have refilling places for people taking their own bottles.
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Well there already are such places in certain locations which is handy if you happen to be near one, but totally banning bottled water sales is just a mega over reaction to a minuscule issue in the grand scheme of things surely.
 
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First encountered these in Greece back in January. It seems they've been around quite a while. I just snap the lid off first time I open it.

Just another example of nanny state policies

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They irritated me initially but I'm quite used to them now. In fact, I think I may prefer them. You can still drink out of the bottle - just need to click the cap far enough back.
 
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I can't say in my entire life that I have ever binned a bottle without the lid on it. It seems a fairly natural instinct to put the lid back on . Usually after I've loosened it squashed the bottle then tightened the lid to keep it squashed.

Don't need a stupid bit plastic to keep the lid on .
 
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dash300 said:
Well there already are such places in certain locations which is handy if you happen to be near one, but totally banning bottled water sales is just a mega over reaction to a minuscule issue in the grand scheme of things surely.
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A lot would have said that with stopping free carrier bags but it's worked you just get used to taking one with you
 
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The Wino said:
A lot would have said that with stopping free carrier bags but it's worked you just get used to taking one with you
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I wouldn't say it's worked I just see loads of people buying them , and never reusing them. Only thing that's worked is shops are now making money selling what was once free.

It hasn't cut out the waste lying about either. They should ban takeaway coffee shops next
 
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Northernraider said:
I wouldn't say it's worked I just see loads of people buying them , and never reusing them. Only thing that's worked is shops are now making money selling what was once free.

It hasn't cut out the waste lying about either. They should ban takeaway coffee shops next
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They've reduced by 98%

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SVMC15 said:
Is that all plastic bags or just shopping bags? I now have to buy bin bags which I used to get for free, so for me my plastic bag usage is pretty much the same as it always has been.
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Shopping bags. If you used your shopping bags as bin bags the amount of plastic waste you produce has probably reduced a lot as bin bags are generally a lot thinner than shopping bags. What would be better would be to encourage the use of biodegradable bags
 
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The Wino said:
They've reduced by 98%
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Says who?


A statistic created to back up a pointless excercise.

I prefer to go with what I see and witness than what some statistic tells me.

Now if the shops had no bags for sale at all , then it might work.

You'd only forget them once.
 
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Northernraider said:
Says who?


A statistic created to back up a pointless excercise.

I prefer to go with what I see and witness than what some statistic tells me.

Now if the shops had no bags for sale at all , then it might work.

You'd only forget them once.
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When we go shopping it's unusual now to see people buying single use bags.
 
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The Wino said:
When we go shopping it's unusual now to see people buying single use bags.
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I see it all the time . There was a woman in asda the other day double bagging everything in those thin supposedly bags for life you can exchange if they tear , I think she tore 3 of them trying to squeeze boxes in . Corner through the bag so squeeze the bag inside another bag. Watched a guy in that b&m stores the other week too in Cornwall, he was just taking more and more bags from the next till and putting one or 2 items in each , I took great amusement when the girl on the checkout had a fit .

I've had the same reusable bags I bought in mercadona in 2019.


The amount of plastic everywhere I don't believe a word that we've reduced it.

But we ship loads to Indian and China fir them to recycle lol.

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Northernraider said:
I can't say in my entire life that I have ever binned a bottle without the lid on it. It seems a fairly natural instinct to put the lid back on . Usually after I've loosened it squashed the bottle then tightened the lid to keep it squashed.

Don't need a stupid bit plastic to keep the lid on .
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Sadly some are not like that. Another example of the minority causing problems for the majority.
 
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The Wino said:
A lot would have said that with stopping free carrier bags but it's worked you just get used to taking one with you
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Tell that to Mrs. Odd who now has a cupboard full of non-disposable bags 😄😄

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Odd job said:
Sadly some are not like that. Another example of the minority causing problems for the majority.
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I know but unless you drink the contents in one go you need the cap to seal it . I'd have thought a bigger problem would be with beer bottle tops etc.

The bottled water though never seemed to be a thing when I was younger. Not sure how everyone these days gas to be carrying a bottle of water or a cup of coffee everywhere they go . And it's the plastic lids from those coffee cups I seem to notice everywhere too.

Does no one have a coffee before leaving the house anymore.

Or is this the result of shutting down all manufacturing now everyone opens coffee shops lol. It seems every high street has a dozen of them

In Greece its double dose waste as you get a bottle of water with your takeaway coffee.

And both end up on a beach or on the ground
 
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