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The inner lining of aluminum cans is usually plastic, I believe.
by hnhg 3y ago
The inner lining of aluminum cans is usually plastic, I believe.
- steveklabnik 3y agoIn this case, Liquid Death makes it a point to have zero plastic: https://liquiddeath.com/pages/death-to-plastic https://liquiddeath.com/pages/death-to-plastic
- infecto 3y agoI did not see anywhere that the cans do not have a plastic liner...unless I skipped it in the video.
- steveklabnik 3y agoI will admit that I haven't specifically checked on the exact composition of their packaging, but "fuck plastic, we're all aluminum" is a marketing message I have heard from them many times. It's possible that they're making that up, but I would assume they'd get in trouble for lying so blatantly. Maybe that's naive of me. I don't buy it for environmental reasons, so I've just taken them at their word.
- fragmede 3y agoThat page doesn’t actually claim they don’t use plastic in their cans though, just that plastic is bad.
- steveklabnik 3y agoThe closest I could find to them officially saying this is in response to an Amazon question, https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx2DCFGHH4BKDVS/ref=ask_ql_ql_al_hza https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx2DCFGHH4BKDVS/ref=ask... > Nope. Our cans are BPA-free. Their FAQ has a related question about how you may get some plastic packaging when you buy from Amazon, but that's not the bottles, that's outside of the boxes themselves: https://liquiddeath.com/pages/faq#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%20there%20may%20be%20some,the%20box%20using%20some%20plastic https://liquiddeath.com/pages/faq#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%2....
- infecto 3y agoMost/all plastic for food use is BPA free at this point. Looks like elaborate marketing. I think something like 95%+ of metal food containers are lined with plastic to prevent the metal from reacting/leeching into the food. Making some assumptions here but I suspect because the vast majority/all of the aluminum can supply chain is plastic lined that these are as well.
- steveklabnik 3y agoYeah to be honest at this point I am leaning your way as well. I did not know this about aluminum cans generally until this thread! I am not entirely sure that this invalidates the "better than plastic bottled water" claim, but good to know regardless! Suspicious!
- infecto 3y agoI definitely don't think it invalidates that claim! Aluminum cans afaik are still better in that the amount of plastic used is significantly less and you can recycle the outer shell.
- fragmede 3y agoBPA free doesn't mean all plastic though. So we'll have to wait for a YouTuber to helpfully try it out in video to show whether or not they do. But also, this doesn't have to be a purity test - even though I think they probably use plastic inside of their cans because they very studiously avoid saying they don't, less plastic is still less plastic. A very thin layer of liner vs enough plastic to be durable as a bottle is an improvement over the status quo.
- nosrepa 3y agoAnyone got a can of liquid death and some drain cleaner who wants to prove this?