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Aren't cans lined with plastic inside? I assume it's almost impossible to recycle the plastic inside the can.
by anticodon 7y ago
Aren't cans lined with plastic inside? I assume it's almost impossible to recycle the plastic inside the can.
- NullPrefix 7y agoAFAIK they melt the cans before reusing, so all the inner plastic is burned.
- rshow 7y agoYes, there's a very minuscule amount of plastic lining the inside of most aluminum and steel cans. It's vaporized or becomes slag when the metal is melted in a furnace.
- pnutjam 7y agoI believe that burns off and is easy-ish to deal with in the smelting process. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.