I hope others follow coke.

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

[sl8]

1. "Pepsi will start selling canned water -- but is it any better than plastic water bottles?"

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pepsi-will-start-selling-canned-water-but-is-more-environmentally-friendly-than-plastic-water-bottles-2019-07-01
Pepsi will start selling canned water — but is it any better than plastic water bottles?

[applegrove]

4. Thanks for this.

[rawtribe]

2. This is better.

Reduce Your Use

Breckenridge is committed to sustainability, and we hope you are too. We invite you to bring your refillable bottle and use our water filling stations around town. You'll find our drinking water is as pure as the peaks around us. Check out the map below for convenient water filling stations and BYO bottle wherever you go in town. Our water really is purity at its peak.

https://www.townofbreckenridge.com/work/community-development/sustainablebreck/reduce-your-use-byo-bottle/

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Smaller quantity and higher prices are

Facilitated by the switcheroo, no doubt. If folks weren't separating their trash with plastic will it be done with metal? I would like to see cash refunds. Bottle returns worked for years, still do in some places. I will gladly return the container for cash or even a redeemable credit. Is it possible glass could be a good choice for the environment?

Thanks for sharing this, applegrove. ❤

[Kali]

5. drink out of a glass from the frigging faucet unless there is a REAL, documented problem

JFC, people are so precious!

[applegrove]

6. Or use a soda stream with your faucet water to get bubbles. No electricity needed.

[orleans]

7. what's the difference between putting water in

bottles and cans?

[applegrove]

8. Cans can be fully recycled forever. Canada's aluminium smelters get

energy from hydro dams built long ago. No fossil fuel in the making of cans here. No pollution when you've had your drink.

[sl8]

9. Not long ago, the aluminum cans' plastic lining contained BPA

I wonder if that's true for these new cans?

From https://www.healthline.com/health-news/bpa-can-make-blood-pressure-spike-120814#1

BPA in Soda Can Liners Can Make Blood Pressure Spike

Written by Cameron Scott on December 8, 2014

In a controlled experiment, volunteers’ blood pressure went up after they drank from a BPA-lined can.

Several years ago, there was a flurry of research on the potential health effects of plastic. Studies suggested that one ingredient, bisphenol A (BPA), could interfere with hormonal activity. The chemical was originally used as a synthetic form of estrogen before it became common in plastics.

Federal agencies agreed that BPA at normal exposure levels could be dangerous for infants, and they have banned BPA in products such as sippy cups. But they’ve tabledTrusted Source the question for adults.

Americans continue to drink canned beverages and eat food from cans lined with BPA. BPA is found in the linings of most canned foods and most aluminum cans, including Coca-Cola products. Handling register receipts in stores is another common way people are exposed.

Now, a new study suggests that even small doses of BPA can significantly increase blood pressure in adults. Korean researchers gave study volunteers soy milk in glass jars and in BPA-lined cans and measured their blood pressure after drinking. By testing the same participants with both container types on different days, the study eliminated other potential differences in BPA exposure among the volunteers.

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