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Did you know that aluminum cans have a plastic liner? Plastic bottles are made from a plastic that can be recycled into carpets and other synthetic materials f
by SECProto 7y ago
Did you know that aluminum cans have a plastic liner?
Plastic bottles are made from a plastic that can be recycled into carpets and other synthetic materials fairly well. Plastic pollution comes largely from lower grades of plastic (think plastic bags, etc) that break apart into smaller pieces that filter feeders eat
- 0xDEFC0DE 7y agoIs the liner similar to bottles or is it lower grade plastic? If it's lower grade, is there something better than can be used?
- circlefavshape 7y agoI did not Aw man :(
- amelius 7y agoApparently, alumimum can cause neurodegenerative diseases [1]. Therefore perhaps it's a good thing that these cans have a plastic liner (?) [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28429887 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28429887
- SECProto 7y agoDefinitely! I was just providing information that using aluminum cans isn't a viable way to reduce exposure to plastic
- titzer 7y agoI wouldn't worry about the plastic liner, TBH. Afaik this plastic lining is burned off/removed when recycling the aluminum. Unlike plastic, and like steel, aluminum is very economical to recycle, so it mostly is and has been for decades.
- ghostly_s 7y agoDo you think burning plastic is an environmentally sound practice?
- tetra_proxy 7y agoThat depends on how complete the combustion is and how well the produced gasses are filtered.
- AstralStorm 7y agoAluminium its not economical to recycle at all. It takes a lot of energy to recycle it, which is done only because processing bauxites is even more expensive.