Ok, I get the whole waste argument for these, but they’re very annoying and who was just tossing the caps on their own in the first place? Isn’t the whole point of buying a bottle to have a resealable container? If you’re just going to huck the cap then why not just buy a can?
I don’t think I’ve ever thrown away a cap seperately from the bottle and it isn’t because of any environmental concern. If the bottle is empty then I don’t want to carry around 2 pieces of trash so the cap goes back on the bottle. If the bottle still has something in it then I don’t want to spill it so the cap goes back on the bottle. There is no situation I can think of where it wouldn’t be more inconvenient to throw them away seperately.
I get that there was a problem with the caps but I still don’t understand how that problem occured without people actively going out of their way to cause it.
Most litter isn’t there because the original owner accidentally lost it, it’s thrown out on purpose. You’re right with the old system not all plastic bottles were thrown out with the cap removed, but some were. And in general, cleaning up the big part is easier than cleaning up the small part. I don’t know the science of how big a difference it makes, I don’t know if it is worth the inconvenience but even though your logic sounds very logical,stray bottle caps was big enough a problem for the eu to want to find a solution.
Oh, I agree. I’ve seen the reports and the benefit the change has had. The part I just don’t get is why the stray bottle caps were a thing to begin with. What causes someone to throw out a bottle seperate from the cap? That’s the part that doesn’t make sense to me.
You seriously underestimate how actively destructive humans are. Was about to say I’m positive people separate them anyhow, even if I don’t have evidence, but this comment exists, so here: https://ani.social/comment/10245094
I mean, I’d probably seperate them too while using the bottle just because it seems annoying to use a bottle with the cap still on it. But I’d still be putting the cap back on the bottle before I toss it anyways because doing anything else would be more work. Its basically just reflex to put the cap back on the bottle as soon as I’m done drinking from it to prevent spils if there’s still something in it or just so I’m not also carying a cap around if it’s empty.
Ok, I get the whole waste argument for these, but they’re very annoying and who was just tossing the caps on their own in the first place? Isn’t the whole point of buying a bottle to have a resealable container? If you’re just going to huck the cap then why not just buy a can?
I don’t think I’ve ever thrown away a cap seperately from the bottle and it isn’t because of any environmental concern. If the bottle is empty then I don’t want to carry around 2 pieces of trash so the cap goes back on the bottle. If the bottle still has something in it then I don’t want to spill it so the cap goes back on the bottle. There is no situation I can think of where it wouldn’t be more inconvenient to throw them away seperately.
I get that there was a problem with the caps but I still don’t understand how that problem occured without people actively going out of their way to cause it.
Most litter isn’t there because the original owner accidentally lost it, it’s thrown out on purpose. You’re right with the old system not all plastic bottles were thrown out with the cap removed, but some were. And in general, cleaning up the big part is easier than cleaning up the small part. I don’t know the science of how big a difference it makes, I don’t know if it is worth the inconvenience but even though your logic sounds very logical,stray bottle caps was big enough a problem for the eu to want to find a solution.
Oh, I agree. I’ve seen the reports and the benefit the change has had. The part I just don’t get is why the stray bottle caps were a thing to begin with. What causes someone to throw out a bottle seperate from the cap? That’s the part that doesn’t make sense to me.
You seriously underestimate how actively destructive humans are. Was about to say I’m positive people separate them anyhow, even if I don’t have evidence, but this comment exists, so here: https://ani.social/comment/10245094
I mean, I’d probably seperate them too while using the bottle just because it seems annoying to use a bottle with the cap still on it. But I’d still be putting the cap back on the bottle before I toss it anyways because doing anything else would be more work. Its basically just reflex to put the cap back on the bottle as soon as I’m done drinking from it to prevent spils if there’s still something in it or just so I’m not also carying a cap around if it’s empty.