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it's a secret mom's campaign to stop drinking out of the bottle.... (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Soda cans have lots of plastic in them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What? Soda Cans are made of aluminum, aren’t they?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

They need a liner on the inside mostly epoxy or polymer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah I thought only paper products needed an inner coating like that. Is there a concern of it oxidizing or something?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Aluminum is poisonous in larger amounts and a lot of can contents are pretty acidic. You could probably line them with non reactive metals like gold, but thst would be very expensive in comparison.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

They have a plastic lining to stop the soda from tasting like metal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bummer. I guess glass it is then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Glass because the added weight ends up being less eco-friendly than plastics during transport. So it's better to only get glass from local distributers. Also the recycling process of glass is fairly eco unfriendly too.

Aluminum cans might be the best we have for now. I have seen paper milk carton style containers come up more often. As well as plant based plastics.