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Isn't that a problem that could be solved with law enforcement and cleaners like what developed countries do? That still seems to be cheaper than glass bottles.

Grazester 8y ago
Yes there are law's against littering and that doesn't mean much. I live in New York City(in a "developed" country). Yet some streets can become pretty littered. The glass bottle made the people police themselves instead of having the governments use public resources to do it.
dflock 8y ago
Cheaper is not the measure of everything. Glass bottles, returned and re-used are much better for the environment than plastic bottles.
- hutzlibu 8y ago
  Also for your health - lots of plastic bottles are not so stable and less so, in heat. So you end up drinking small amounts of plastic and additives.
- rkda 8y ago
  Also, and this is only anecdata, drinks in glass bottles seem to taste so much better for some reason.
  - fosco 8y ago
    more anecdata - I have the same experience, I cannot tell if it is in my head [0] or there is actually a difference [0] for example some people claim food tastes different based on weight of their utensils etc... It is hard for me to accept my brain is not tricking me when drinks in glass taste better than can/plastic of the same drink
    - mmt 8y ago
      > It is hard for me to accept my brain is not tricking me when drinks in glass taste better than can/plastic of the same drink Although we use the word "taste" to describe the experience, even that is well understood to be a methaphor for taste and smell. What's more, I think it's also pretty well understood that texture is an important component of how people perceive (dare I say "taste"?) what they eat. As such, I don't think you need to resort to accusing your brain of trickery to conclude a different experience when drinking from a can or from bottles of different composition. On the other hand, if they're both first poured into identical glass highballs before being consumed.. that's another matter.

Grazester 8y ago

Yes there are law's against littering and that doesn't mean much. I live in New York City(in a "developed" country). Yet some streets can become pretty littered. The glass bottle made the people police themselves instead of having the governments use public resources to do it.

dflock 8y ago

Cheaper is not the measure of everything. Glass bottles, returned and re-used are much better for the environment than plastic bottles.

hutzlibu 8y ago
Also for your health - lots of plastic bottles are not so stable and less so, in heat. So you end up drinking small amounts of plastic and additives.
rkda 8y ago
Also, and this is only anecdata, drinks in glass bottles seem to taste so much better for some reason.
- fosco 8y ago
  more anecdata - I have the same experience, I cannot tell if it is in my head [0] or there is actually a difference [0] for example some people claim food tastes different based on weight of their utensils etc... It is hard for me to accept my brain is not tricking me when drinks in glass taste better than can/plastic of the same drink
  - mmt 8y ago
    > It is hard for me to accept my brain is not tricking me when drinks in glass taste better than can/plastic of the same drink Although we use the word "taste" to describe the experience, even that is well understood to be a methaphor for taste and smell. What's more, I think it's also pretty well understood that texture is an important component of how people perceive (dare I say "taste"?) what they eat. As such, I don't think you need to resort to accusing your brain of trickery to conclude a different experience when drinking from a can or from bottles of different composition. On the other hand, if they're both first poured into identical glass highballs before being consumed.. that's another matter.