Thorry84 ,

Yes I hate them as well, they always get in the way and putting the cap back on is super annoying.

However, since these bottles were introduced data has shown they work. Bottle caps were one of the most found items in trash picked up from the streets. The number of bottle caps has gone way down since these were introduced.

So I've accepted them. Can't argue with data. I've never returned a bottle without a cap in my life. I've never thrown away a cap separate from the bottle. But turns out the world is full of psychopaths who throw the cap in the street. Probably the same kind of person who throws their trash by the side of the road from their car. Fuck those people.

riodoro1 ,

„Im so inconvenienced by the piece of trash i bought wanting to stay a single piece of trash”

Humans as they discovered they made a small continent out of trash in the ocean.
If it bothers you so much then stop buying plastic trash.

swampwitch ,

I recycle everything so personally don't have much need for the tether, but it's probably better overall and I imagine most people will just get used to it, honestly.

It is a bit annoying having to make sure my nose doesn't get bonked when I drink, though.

tobogganablaze ,

Oh that's supposed to stay attatched? Thought it was only to make sure that bottle was unopened. I always just rip it off.

HeartyBeast ,

Yes, that is mildly infuriating. Someone deliberately going to additional trouble to increase the a kind of microplastics in the environment and make it harder for the poor folks in the recycling plants.

Get over yourself

oldfemboy ,
@oldfemboy@lemmy.ml avatar

If you have a limited mobility, they can be very hard to close if the tail is short, which defies the purpose of a bottle cap.

jordanlund ,
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Problem: It's a different kind of plastic from the bottle and isn't recyclable. So it's going to need to be cut off the bottle anyway. :(

https://www.rd.com/article/keep-caps-on-bottles-when-recycling/

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/you-asked/can-plastic-caps-water-or-soda-bottles-be-recycled

Donut ,

This is not about US bottle caps

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

I seriously doubt bottlecaps are any different elsewhere.

ModernRisk ,
@ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I so despise that, I always cut it off and get agitated because always leaves some sharpness.

abcd ,

If the manufacturers would not use the cheapest caps with the least amount of flimsiest material available for this application, they could even be usable…

shani66 ,

Damn that looks annoying af

Thorny_Insight ,

I hate this so much. I swear I have never in my life returned a bottle without the cap. How would you even lose it in the first place? What psycho opens a bottle and discards the cap? Now my pocket knife usage has increased 300% as I'm cutting this sharp plastic thinghy away every time and I'm creating way more plastic waste than ever before. I agree with a lot what the EU does but this is idiotic.

FaceDeer ,
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Very odd. Where I live you're not supposed to return the bottles with the cap, they're different plastics and the recyclers don't want the caps. You're supposed to throw the caps away in the regular trash.

misk ,
@misk@sopuli.xyz avatar

Those caps are a way to cull the weakest parts of society. I too have hurt my dick on them but have learned to deal with them.

gigachad ,

I only buy one of those plastic bottles every two months, so that's okay for me. The good water comes from the tap, cola or other drinks I buy in glass bottles.

ExtremeDullard OP ,
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It's not just soda bottles here, it's milk bottles, cream, fruit concentrates... Anything in any kind of plastic container with a screw-on cap.

Actually the soda bottles are the least egregious examples. The milk bottles are terrible: you're 100% guaranteed to spill milk if you don't detach the cap.

gigachad ,

In Germany milk usually is sold in a carton or a glass bottle. I can imagine it is annoying for you.

Wild_Mastic ,

I hate so much the milk bottle caps. Now i have to open it inside a sink every time or send it flying all over the room.

MentalEdge ,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

I don't get it.

It stays open, you can drink from it, you can pour from it, you can pour into it.

What action does the cap staying attached prevent, warranting its detachment?

I'm seriously asking. I don't get it. What inconvenience?

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

It gets in the way of everything all the time

That said, i have seen good and bad examples of this.

MentalEdge ,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

No it doesn't? I buy a bottle of something every day, these have never been trouble. Not once.

The first time I noticed it I thought, "neat" and that's it.

How does it get in the way? You open it and it stays there. Out of the way of anything you might use a bottle for.

Are there different ones? Because I've only ever seen the one, and it's the same one everyone hates on in pictures and videos online. Yet people say there are good ones and bad ones?

I don't get it.

HowManyNimons ,

It seems other people have different experiences. I find the caps mildly annoying as they do seem to get in the way when pouring and refilling, and they are slightly more difficult to screw back on to the bottle.

Hol ,

Out of the way of anything you might use a bottle for.

Everything except drinking from it! The scratchy cap touching my face and the sugary drips falling on me detract from the whole experience.

agressivelyPassive ,

Maybe your bottles are different, but the bottles here in Germany have a very short "leash" and are often connected to the right in two places, so it constantly pushes in your face when drinking.

If an actual problem would have been solved, I'd be fine with it, but it's just a pointless law which only exists to create the illusion of progress and shift blame onto consumers.

9point6 ,

Rotate the bottle 90 degrees so the cap goes to the side of your face rather than mashing it into your nose.

agressivelyPassive ,

...then it scratches my cheek.

Why is it so hard to understand that a useless piece of plastic in your face might be unpopular?

Thorny_Insight ,

The cap pokes my face if I try to drink from it without tearing it off. When I tear it off there's then a sharp edge that pokes my hand every time I open or seal it.

https://i.imgur.com/aWnMBwN.jpeg

MentalEdge ,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

Valid, I've mostly been pouring soda into glasses, and at least with my face, that doesn't happen.

lemmylommy ,

With the bottles I have seen so far you can just push the cap a bit further so it is at an 180 degree angle and out of the way when drinking from the bottle.

Lemvi ,

The people complaining about that are mostly the same as the ones who complained that the masks were "suffocating" them during covid.

Virku ,

That's not the case in Norway. We hate them equally. I hate it with a passion. Wore my mask dilligently without a fuss. Still do when I am sick and need to go to a shop.

I find it especially infuriating when driving a car. It is so hard getting it to seal properly one handed now.

gerryflap ,
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Many of the new bottle caps I encounter will actively push back into the closed position, meaning I have to keep them out of the way when pouring if I don't want to pour over the cap. Since I tend to encounter them on drink cartons rather than bottles, because I don't drink soda etc, it becomes even more annoying. Bottles you can turn whichever way, but drink cartons need to be kept at a certain angle for optimal pouring. Quite often the cap is in the way and there isn't really a nice place to put it.

This is even more frustrating because I never lost these caps anyway, I always threw them away with the packaging. I understand that it probably helps in the bigger picture, but for me personally it solves nothing and is incredibly annoying.

Edit: two examples

This one is fine, it snaps into a position that's handy and out of the way:
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/88779773-153c-4f87-bfaa-986dd29662a6.jpeg

This one is very annoying. It'll stay in this position and requires constant force to keep out of this position. When opening or closing the packaging the attachment point also rotes, meaning it's always in the wrong place:
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/a5036bcd-fafd-4804-81d6-21e535950e78.jpeg

Wild_Mastic ,

Funnily enough, I despise with every cell of my body the first cap. When opening the first time, it always create a mess by shooting liquid everywhere. And after that, it feels fo flimsy that it would break any second.

espentan ,

On many bottles I've encountered the ring that keeps the cap attached to the bottleneck has been quite loose, so you rotate the cap up/left/right, thinking you're good to pour, then as you get going the cap slips back down, ensuring you distribute whatever you were pouring all over the the table.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

I carry a small nail clipper on my key chain that has seen more of those than actual nails.

Thorny_Insight ,

My pocket knife aswell. I used to recycle 100% of my plastic bottles before. Now I recycle 99.8% as there's always this tiny piece that I cut off and throw in the trash. Same as that metal clip on lighters that's supposed to stop children from being able to ignite them. It's the first thing I rip off when I buy a new one.

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