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Soda bottles are injection-blowmolded, which requires fairly predictable elongation under heat and pressure. I do know using 100% post consumer plastic would af
by 542458 3y ago
Soda bottles are injection-blowmolded, which requires fairly predictable elongation under heat and pressure. I do know using 100% post consumer plastic would affect elongation, but I don’t know how significant the effect is or how hard it would be to compensate for.
Fwiw they do need fairly tight tolerances otherwise the cap won’t seal and the product will leak or spoil.
- wuming2 3y agoWould it help to increase thickness? More weight and material, increased cost, to factor in the reduced trail of pollution every piece of single use plastic has?
- ygra 3y agoThis probably leads you to reusable bottles, which are just cleaned and refilled again.
- wuming2 3y agoWould be the next logical step. But without strong incentives, either intentional rationing of row materials or the equivalent sharp increase of their cost, I don’t see any indication producers and retailers would adopt it.